Updates - what am I missing?

[growbag]

I never seem to get any updates to openSUSE 11, the ones I do get are
usually just "uninteresting" ones like updates to language packs and
stuff like that!

I try three ways of updating, first I try the konsole method with*
-zypper refresh-*, then *-zypper up-* - nothing shows up.

I run the desktop update applet tool thingo, it searches online and
then reports - *-no updates available-*.

Then I try the GUI method and first refresh the repositories through
Yast2 (I have them all set to manual update) and then run *-Online
Update-* from the Yast2 control centre - again, no updates are shown.

However, when I browse through there and change the filter to *-all
patches-*, I see several packages where the versions are highlighted in
blue (which I believe means that an update IS available), but they never
get selected to be updated.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks .


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[robopensuse]

'Index of /distribution/11.1/repo/oss/suse/x86_64'
(http://download.opensuse.org/distrib...s/suse/x86_64/)

Shows a whole load of files from 2008/12/03 and 2008/12/09 which are
pre-release.

Presumably someone was daft enough to let the Novell/SuSE engineers
have a christmas break, after 11.1 was shipped.


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[growbag]

lol

I guess I forgot to mention I'm using version 11.0 .


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[geoffro]

Post the contents of zypper ls

/Geoff


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[growbag]

your command is my pleasure:


Code:
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my-laptop:/home/me # zypper ls
Unknown command 'ls'
Type 'zypper help' to get a list of global options and commands
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[Cryovac]

I think they meant "zypper lr".


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[geoffro]

no i meant zypper ls to be run as normal user almost the same as zypper
lr except that you also get the type

/Geoff


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[growbag]

OK, this looks a little better:


me@my-laptop:~> zypper lr
# | Alias
| Name |
Enabled | Refresh
---+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+---------+--------
1 | 'Index of /repositories/games/openSUSE_11.0'
(http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...openSUSE_11.0/)
| openSUSE BuildService - Games | Yes |
No
2 | KDE:KDE4:UNSTABLEesktop
| KDE:KDE4:UNSTABLEesktop | Yes
| Yes
3 | 'Index of /repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_11.0'
(http://tinyurl.com/5mxwaf) | openSUSE BuildService -
KDE4:Factoryesktop | Yes | No
4 | 'Index of /repositories/KDE:/Community/openSUSE_11.0'
(http://tinyurl.com/6xx5xy) | openSUSE BuildService -
KDE:Community | Yes | No
5 | 'Index of /pub/packman/suse/11.0'
(http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.0/)
| Packman Repository | Yes |
No
6 | repo-debug
| openSUSE-11.0-Debug | Yes
| No
7 | repo-oss
| openSUSE-11.0-Oss | Yes
| No
8 | Libdvdcss repository
| Libdvdcss repository | Yes
| No
9 | 'Index of /repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.0'
(http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...openSUSE_11.0/)
| openSUSE BuildService - Mozilla | Yes |
No
10 | 'Index of /pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/11.0/'
(http://download.videolan.org/pub/vid...vlc/SuSE/11.0/)
| VideoLan Repository | Yes |
No
11 | 'Index of /repositories/KDE:/Backports/openSUSE_11.0'
(http://tinyurl.com/5fajde) | openSUSE BuildService -
KDE:Backports | Yes | No
12 | openSUSE-DVD 11.0
| openSUSE-DVD 11.0 | No
| No
13 | repo-non-oss
| openSUSE-11.0-Non-Oss | Yes
| No
14 | openSUSE-11.0-Updates
| openSUSE-11.0-Updates | Yes
| Yes
15 | Factory_KDE_4_desktop_extra_apps
| Factory KDE 4 desktop extra apps | Yes
| No


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[whych]

growbag,
You only get updates for installed software. If there is no update for
you installed software, there is nothing to do for the updater.
Lately, the only updates have been security related.


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