Gnome 3 & 11.4 Known Issues & Workarounds

[suse_kid]

Hi,

After successfully upgrading to Gnome 3 can't find yast

Any suggestions ?

[malcolmlewis]

Hi
If you run (alt+F2) alacarte, is YaST checked? If not check it and see if the items appear. It's a known bug with the branding (not sure of the reference #). I have it with the desktop. Netbook is fine as that was a fresh install from the Gnome 3.0 LiveCD.

[malcolmlewis]

Hi
If that doesn't work, you need to use alacarte to re-create and add it back in.

[suse_kid]

Hi
If you run (alt+F2) alacarte, is YaST checked? If not check it and see if the items appear. It's a known bug with the branding (not sure of the reference #). I have it with the desktop. Netbook is fine as that was a fresh install from the Gnome 3.0 LiveCD.
If that doesn't work, you need to use alacarte to re-create and add it back in

Typed alacarte at the (alt+F2) run box , nothing appeared on pressing return.

Then did

user0@linux-so4e:~> alacarte 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 22, in <module>
    from Alacarte.MainWindow import MainWindow
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 19, in <module>
    import gtk, gmenu, gobject, gio
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py", line 40, in <module>
    from gtk import _gtk
ImportError: could not import gobject (could not find _PyGObject_API object)

Then to check its installation status

linux-so4e:/home/user0 # zypper install alacarte
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'alacarte' is already installed.
No update candidate for 'alacarte-0.13.2-8.1.x86_64'. The highest available version is already installed.
Resolving package dependencies...

Nothing to do.

[malcolmlewis]

Hi
So what priority is your Gnome repository?

[suse_kid]

Hi
So what priority is your Gnome repository?

linux-so4e:/home/user0 # zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                    | Name                       | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                        | Service
---+--------------------------+----------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | GAMES                    | GAMES                      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/games/openSUSE_11.4             |        
 2 | GNOME_STABLE_3.0         | GNOME_STABLE_3.0           | Yes     | No      |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/3.0/openSUSE_11.4 |        
 3 | ftp.uni-erlangen.de-suse | Packman Repository         | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /pub/mirrors/packman/suse/openSUSE_11.4/         |        
 4 | google-chrome            | google-chrome              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64                        |        
 5 | google-earth             | google-earth               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/rpm/stable/x86_64                         |        
 6 | nVidia Graphics Drivers  | nVidia Graphics Drivers    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4/                                   |        
 7 | repo-debug               | openSUSE-11.4-Debug        | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | Index of /debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss             |        
 8 | repo-debug-update        | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | Index of /debug/update/11.4                            |        
 9 | repo-non-oss             | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | Index of /distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss               |        
10 | repo-oss                 | openSUSE-11.4-Oss          | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | Index of /distribution/11.4/repo/oss                   |        
11 | repo-source              | openSUSE-11.4-Source       | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | Index of /source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss            |        
12 | repo-update              | openSUSE-11.4-Update       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.4

I am 100% sure that I ran

zypper mr -p 98 -r GNOME_STABLE_3.0

as per instructions at openSUSE:GNOME 3.0 - openSUSE

[caf4926]

Does it say to have refresh off?

[suse_kid]

Does it say to have refresh off?

Actually these are the steps that I followed

Text upgrade

If you prefer to use a text upgrade, do the following (as root), after closing all running applications:

add GNOME:STABLE:3.0 repository:
# zypper ar obs://GNOME:STABLE:3.0/openSUSE_11.4 GNOME_STABLE_3.0

ensure it is configured as auto-refresh and get more priority than other openSUSE 11.4 repositories:
# zypper mr -p 98 -r GNOME_STABLE_3.0

do the upgrade (close any running program before doing that):
# zypper dup

ensure GNOME Shell and GNOME3 theme are installed:
# zypper in gnome-shell metatheme-adwaita-common

when the upgrade is complete, reboot your system:
$ sudo /sbin/reboot

I missed the following step but completed it later.

ensure GNOME Shell and GNOME3 theme are installed:
# zypper in gnome-shell metatheme-adwaita-common

This is the first RPM based system that I am using. I really don't know much about the package management system.

Now what should I do ? Activate autorefresh for that repo ? How to do that from the Terminal ?

[suse_kid]

linux-so4e:/home/user0 # zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                    | Name                       | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                        | Service
---+--------------------------+----------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | GAMES                    | GAMES                      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.4/             |        
 2 | GNOME_STABLE_3.0         | GNOME_STABLE_3.0           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/STABLE:/3.0/openSUSE_11.4 |        
 3 | ftp.uni-erlangen.de-suse | Packman Repository         | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/openSUSE_11.4/         |        
 4 | google-chrome            | google-chrome              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64                        |        
 5 | google-earth             | google-earth               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/rpm/stable/x86_64                         |        
 6 | nVidia Graphics Drivers  | nVidia Graphics Drivers    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4/                                   |        
 7 | repo-debug               | openSUSE-11.4-Debug        | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/             |        
 8 | repo-debug-update        | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/                            |        
 9 | repo-non-oss             | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/               |        
10 | repo-oss                 | openSUSE-11.4-Oss          | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/                   |        
11 | repo-source              | openSUSE-11.4-Source       | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/            |        
12 | repo-update              | openSUSE-11.4-Update       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/

Okay autorefresh enabled. But the priorities are all set to 99. So what should be the value of the Gnome 3 repo ?

[malcolmlewis]

Hi
Run the following, I would logout and switch to a console login as well;

zypper mr -p 98 GNOME_STABLE_3.0
zypper dup