I’m running into a problem with updates. I have a yellow triangle where the update button should be and I get the following message when I press it:
Problem loading data from ‘/11.1/repo/oss’ Error reading solv-file: /var/cache/zypp/solv/_11.1_repo_oss/solv Try ‘zypper refresh’, or even ‘zypper clean -m’ before doing so.
There are many more lines similar to this one in the message, apparently for each for each repository.
I followed the instructions given here to the best of my ability. I opened a “run command” window, switched user to root, and checked “run in a terminal window”. Then I ran “zypper refresh” first and “zypper clean-m” second. They had no noticeable effect. On my last successful update there was a message that popped up about updating Yast and some instructions but I didn’t get a chance to read them. I get a different error when I log into the Yast control centre and click on “online update”: “error while creating client module online update”. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the reply. Yes I am connected to the Internet. I think it may be useful for you to assume I know almost nothing, because that is close to true, especially when it comes to Linux. I did what you instructed. It seems to do nothing.I opened a terminal program window (Konsole) from the start button, then switched user (su root) and typed my password. Then I cut and pasted the first command you gave in your reply. It did nothing. But I tried the other two and still nothing happened. ,
Well, I need to change that. Something is happening now. It just refreshed my repositories it seems. I’m getting the message in the terminal window. I also ran the commands by right clicking on the desktop and using the “run command” option. I have always assumed that was basically the same as running Konsole. Not sure if that is true though. Right now the Konsole window is displaying a Java license window. It may be downloading something also. I’m not sure. Actually, it is downloading stuff.I just figured out how to get past the license. I’ll just post this for now. Thanks again for your reply.
Thank you again.It seems to be a very big update. Could I be updating to 11.1? It’s not what I planned for the night but I can do it.I had started this evening with 11.0 and didn’t feel any need to update it particularly. But it’s not a disaster or anything. I had planned to back things up before I upgraded, that’s all. I dual boot so most of my important stuff is also on my windows partition.
Ok,. I don’t think you can assume that I know what I’m doing. I had a few repositories added in for 11.1, but not all the necessary ones from what I understood. I was hoping at one point for it to upgrade automatically but when it didn’t work I gave up. I just assumed Suse wouldn’t do anything as big as upgrading to 11.1 without telling me clearly and distinctly that it was doing specifically that.
Well, never mind. I’ve hit a snag. Here’s the error message:
Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]: r
Installing: libavfilter0-0.4.9.16144-1.1 [error]
Installation of libavfilter0-0.4.9.16144-1.1 failed:
(with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: open of /var/cache/zypp/packages/VideoLan failed: No such file or directory
error: open of Repository/i586/libavfilter0-0.4.9.16144-1.1.i586.rpm failed: No such file or directory
Abort, retry, ignore? [A/r/i]:
I’ve done retry once twice to no effect, but it’s Videolan. I don’t think there is anything crucial on that repository. So I think ignore would be safe for now. What should I do? It looks like something I can probably get later.
Ingvar
Edit: I hit ignore, and things are proceeding. We’ll see what happens.
Yes, I’m running KDE, if I understand your question. My computer is running well. I’m surfing the net, reading, and checking on the progress of things as we speak. I’m posting this on the computer that is “updating”. I have a good fast Internet connection sometimes 600 or more k per second. So whatever is happening is happening.
Thanks for the instructions. I have most of my stuff backed up, so I can feel fairly relaxed about all this.I also have a few spare hard drives with windows or Suse 10.3 installed kicking around that I can just throw in and go. I can get what I need off my hard windows partition that way, if whatever happens prevents me from running windows also. I will do whatever works. I can upgrade properly later if I need to. I’m glad it’s the holidays and I have some spare time. Thanks again.
It didn’t work. I couldn’t boot into Linux when I finished. I am getting rather tired now and non-functional. So I’m going to sleep and fix this in the morning, perhaps by installing 11.1. We’ll see. It was complaining about partitions not being mounted and stuff like that. I unplugged the computer and restarted, then booted to windows. I have a program called Explore2fs on my windows side of things and it tells me my files in the Linux partition are still there. This is good. Would I lose them if I install 11.1 on top of what I have there now? Thanks again for all the help.