A couple of problems after transition 11.4 -> 12.2

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I have just upgraded from 11.4 to 12.2 (64 bit) on a Lenovo X220t. I was unhappy with Gnome, so I 1-click installed Cinnamon from Cinnamon Factory. After some juggling with fonts trying to improve clarity, I switched to Ftce and this seems to suit me. The problem that is puzzling me is that for the past couple of days when I attempt a software upgrade under YaST I get the following (for example):

File ‘./noarch/yast2-online-update-configuration-2.19.0-4.1.noarch.rpm’ not found on medium ‘Index of /distribution/12.2/repo/oss’ , File ‘./x86_64/kile-2.0.99beta5-6.9.1.x86_64.rpm’ not found on medium ‘Index of /distribution/12.2/repo/oss’ , File ‘/repodata/repomd.xml’ not found on medium ‘Index of /distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss’

Om another (perhaps related) issue, I would like to use Kile, but my repeated attempts to install have always thrown up the request that I make about a thousand decisions/compromises which I am unqualified to assess - it seems a bad bet to slog through a list of such magnitude, because experience suggests there is little prospect of eventual success.

Any suggestions? Thanks, JDW

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Upgrading is only supported from one version to the next. Please post output of

zypper lr -d

between CODE tags, the # in the editor

3

OK - thanks – below – JDW



~>su
Password: 
/home/johnd>zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                     | Name                               | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                    | Service
---+---------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
 1 | X11:Cinnamon:Factory      | X11:Cinnamon:Factory               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Cinnamon:/Factory/12.2/ |        
 2 | openSUSE-12.2-1.6         | openSUSE-12.2-1.6                  | No      | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7930H             |        
 3 | repo-debug                | openSUSE-12.2-Debug                | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/12.2/repo/oss/         |        
 4 | repo-debug-update         | openSUSE-12.2-Update-Debug         | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.2/                        |        
 5 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-12.2-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.2-non-oss/                |        
 6 | repo-non-oss              | openSUSE-12.2-Non-Oss              | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss/           |        
 7 | repo-oss                  | openSUSE-12.2-Oss                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/oss/               |        
 8 | repo-source               | openSUSE-12.2-Source               | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/12.2/repo/oss/        |        
 9 | repo-update               | openSUSE-12.2-Update               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.2/                              |        
10 | repo-update-non-oss       | openSUSE-12.2-Update-Non-Oss       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.2-non-oss/                      |        
/home/johnd>
4

Remove the bold repos. Then run

su -c 'zypper ref'

and report what happens

5

Shall do – but first a question, in case it might be relevant. … from your “Upgrading is only supported from one version to the next” I wonder if I messed up at the beginning (going from 11.4 to 12.2)? I probably went with “Update an Existing System” rather than “New Installation”. Was that a mistake?

6

I removed the bolded repos. Then su -c ‘zypper ref’ returned:


Password: 
Retrieving repository 'X11:Cinnamon:Factory' metadata ...................[error]
Repository 'X11:Cinnamon:Factory' is invalid.
|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'X11:Cinnamon:Factory' because of the above error.
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Non-Oss' metadata ..................[error]
Repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Non-Oss' is invalid.
|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Non-Oss' because of the above error.
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Oss' metadata ......................[error]
Repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Oss' is invalid.
|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Oss' because of the above error.
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Update' metadata ...................[error]
Repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Update' is invalid.
|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Update' because of the above error.
Retrieving repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Update-Non-Oss' metadata ...........[error]
Repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Update-Non-Oss' is invalid.
|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'openSUSE-12.2-Update-Non-Oss' because of the above error.
Could not refresh the repositories because of errors.
~>
7

I have started over with New Installation – no problem now. My mistake. Thanks, JDW

8

I didn’t know that was established to be the case. But be that as it may, upgraders really should be advised by the upgrade installer, which seems to suggest that leapfrogging versions in not unsupported - or at least warning should be issued don’t you think?