'repo-non-oss': Failed to cache repo (139).

[ChrisInNewYork1770]

YaST-->Software-->Online Update

Getting error:
There was an error in the repository initialization.
'repo-non-oss': Failed to cache repo (139).
History:
- repo2solv.sh "/var/cache/zypp/raw/repo-non-oss" > "/var/cache/zypp/solv/repo-non-oss/solv"

Output of zypper lr:
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh
--+-----------------------+-----------------------+---------+--------
1 | openSUSE-11.0-Updates | openSUSE-11.0-Updates | Yes | Yes
2 | openSUSE-DVD 11.0 | openSUSE-DVD 11.0 | Yes | No
3 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.0-Debug | No | No
4 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.0-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes
5 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.0-Oss | Yes | Yes

If I disable the repo-non-oss repository the update works fine.

The URL I have for the repo-non-oss repository is:
Index of /distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss

This has been going on for over a week.

Do I need to use a different URL for the non-oss repository? I live in New York, United States.

[Chrysantine]

Sounds like the mirror you're being directed to is broken. Add a mirror manually.

Mirror - openSUSE

[ChrisInNewYork1770]

Okay, I tried almost EVERY mirror in that list, and they always give me the same error -

Unable to create repository from mirror <whatever url i try here>

repo-non-oss: failed to cache repo (139)

History: -repo2solv.sh "/var/cache/zypp/raw/repo-non-oss" > "/var/cache/zypp/raw/repo-non-oss/solv"

Try again?

So I don't think the mirror is the problem. I can load almost all these mirrors manually with my browser - the pages all come up the same.

[Chrysantine]

Try deleting the cache file that it points to:
su -c "rm -fr /var/cache/zypp/raw/repo-non-oss"

Then refresh the repositories and see what happens.

[ChrisInNewYork1770]

I deleted the cache file as you instructed - no problems doing this.

I then went to YaST-->Software Repositories and used the "refresh" button. No problems doing this. (but there never was any either)

Then I went to YaST-->Online Update and I got the same exact problem again as above except now it says it's failed to cache repo on "/var/cache/zypp/solv/repo-oss/solv"

So... I tried your command line on repo-oss and removed that dir and ran the YaST--> Online Update again. I got the same error on repo-oss this time instead of non-repo-oss.

I then deleted both repo-oss and non-repo-oss dirs, refreshed software repositories, then went to Online Update again. It worked for a while and then bombed out again - same error - still on solv/repo-oss/solv instead of non-repo-oss.

Please note that this is a change from the original state. The original error was on non-repo-oss. now it's sticking on repo-oss.

Thanks very much for your help so far, but I still can't complete an update

[Chrysantine]

Curious.

Try removing both repositories, closing the software repos utility, re-open it and re-add the repositories.

If this does not work, we'll see into cleaning the whole zypp cache and re-build it from scratch. If that doesn't work, we'll bring in the voodoo priestess

[ChrisInNewYork1770]

Originally Posted by Chrysantine

Try removing both repositories, closing the software repos utility, re-open it and re-add the repositories.

I'm not new to Linux, but i haven't used it in about 9 years. So this whole interface is new to me.

What I think you wanted me to do (and what I just did) was close all windows. Remove both repository directories using your commands above. (for non-oss and oss), opened repos utility, refresh, close repos utility, and then try the update again.

Everything worked until the update, when I got the same problem with repo-oss.

I just installed this from the download dvd about 2 weeks ago and I haven't done much in the OS yet. So if you give instructions be sure to be verbose.