software updater error

Zen updater tells me I have one update available

dhcp

I choose update and get this error

Transaction failed: Package transaction failed: Fire
../rpm/i586/dhcp-3.0.3-23.1.i586.rpm not found on media: file:/

????

Please try adding an online installation source like
//ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source
to the updater. Does it work now?

Uwe

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Maybe I'm not adding this correctly?

Open Zen-Updater
Add //ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source to URI
Add Name

Software updater error
Failed to add packages from
'//ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source'ath
'/ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source' is not
valid

???

> Please try adding an online installation source like
> //ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source
> to the updater. Does it work now?
>
> Uwe
>
> --
> Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.

Mysteriously I run the Updater again and the dhcp up installs :-)

I'm glad it installs but am very concerned that such a critical component
as update/rpm management is so seriously flawed :-(

> Maybe I'm not adding this correctly?
>
> Open Zen-Updater
> Add //ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source to URI
> Add Name
>
> Software updater error
> Failed to add packages from
> '//ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source'ath
> '/ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source' is not
> valid
>
> ???
>
> > Please try adding an online installation source like
> > //ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source
> > to the updater. Does it work now?
> >
> > Uwe
> >
> > --
> > Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> > Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.
>

On 05/29/2006 anglers@texs.com wrote:
> Maybe I'm not adding this correctly?
>
> Open Zen-Updater
> Add
> //ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source to
> URI
> Add Name

Argh, sorry that was my fault (the curse of copy&paste)
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensus....1/inst-source

Uwe

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Thanks Uwe but wonder why my last update attempt worked ?



> On 05/29/2006 anglers@texs.com wrote:
> > Maybe I'm not adding this correctly?
> >
> > Open Zen-Updater
> > Add
> > //ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source to
> > URI
> > Add Name
>
> Argh, sorry that was my fault (the curse of copy&paste)
> ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/opensus....1/inst-source
>
> Uwe
>
> --
> Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.

On 05/30/2006 anglers@texs.com wrote:
> Thanks Uwe but wonder why my last update attempt worked ?

Yeah, me too :-)
On a console, what is the output of
rug sl
?

Uwe

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Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.

1 | Active | ZYPP | SUSE-Linux-10.1-DVD9-x86-x86_64-10.1-0-20060525-132744
|
cd:///?devices=/dev/hdc&alias=SUSE-Linux-10.1-DVD9-x86-x86_64-10.1-0-20060525-132744
2 | Active | ZYPP | guru
| ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.1

3 | Active | ZYPP | packman
| http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1/

4 | Active | ZYPP | SUSE-Linux-10.1-Updates
| http://suse.mirrors.tds.net/pub/suse/update/10.1/


> On 05/30/2006 anglers@texs.com wrote:
> > Thanks Uwe but wonder why my last update attempt worked ?
>
> Yeah, me too :-)
> On a console, what is the output of
> rug sl
> ?
>
> Uwe
>
> --
> Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.

OK

In looking at the rug output I decide to try to change the source Suse
added for me in Configure Updater from
http://suse.mirrors.tds.net/pub/suse/update/10.1/ to the one you suggest.

I right click the updater icon in the task bar and choose Configure.

I highlight http://suse.mirrors.tds.net/pub/suse/update/10.1/ in the
Services tab but can only add or delete, not edit, so I click the Catalog
tab thinking maybe I can edit a source there.

Non stop disk I/O begins.

Nothing is displayed in the Catalog tab window.

Non-stop disk I/O continues.

10 minutes later still nothing in the Catalog windows and non-stop disk I/O
continues.

I'm guessing by now this is not expected behavior.?????

I'll wait awhile longer to see if maybe this is just the new updater
building Catalogs or something.

> 1 | Active | ZYPP | SUSE-Linux-10.1-DVD9-x86-x86_64-10.1-0-20060525-132744
> |
>
cd:///?devices=/dev/hdc&alias=SUSE-Linux-10.1-DVD9-x86-x86_64-10.1-0-20060525-132744
> 2 | Active | ZYPP | guru
> | ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.1
>
> 3 | Active | ZYPP | packman
> | http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1/
>
> 4 | Active | ZYPP | SUSE-Linux-10.1-Updates
> | http://suse.mirrors.tds.net/pub/suse/update/10.1/
>
>
> > On 05/30/2006 anglers@texs.com wrote:
> > > Thanks Uwe but wonder why my last update attempt worked ?
> >
> > Yeah, me too :-)
> > On a console, what is the output of
> > rug sl
> > ?
> >
> > Uwe
> >
> > --
> > Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> > Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.
>

Well......

10 minutes later and still nothing has come up in the Zen Catalog window
and still non-stop disk I/O.

Perhaps Zen has Cataloged the internet and found my critical posts in this
forum and is now attacking my HD trying to wear it out???

I get it, this is Suse's idea of an "April Fools Joke" :-)

Well, haha, the joke is on me :-)

What's next, will Zen attack my utility company account and have my
electricity turned off?

Seriously, is there any way to fix this **** Zen "monster?"



> 1 | Active | ZYPP | SUSE-Linux-10.1-DVD9-x86-x86_64-10.1-0-20060525-132744
> |
>
cd:///?devices=/dev/hdc&alias=SUSE-Linux-10.1-DVD9-x86-x86_64-10.1-0-20060525-132744
> 2 | Active | ZYPP | guru
> | ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-guru/rpm/10.1
>
> 3 | Active | ZYPP | packman
> | http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/10.1/
>
> 4 | Active | ZYPP | SUSE-Linux-10.1-Updates
> | http://suse.mirrors.tds.net/pub/suse/update/10.1/
>
>
> > On 05/30/2006 anglers@texs.com wrote:
> > > Thanks Uwe but wonder why my last update attempt worked ?
> >
> > Yeah, me too :-)
> > On a console, what is the output of
> > rug sl
> > ?
> >
> > Uwe
> >
> > --
> > Novell Support Connection Volunteer SysOp
> > Please don't send me support related e-mail unless I ask you to do so.
>