Empty destination in URI: hd:/?device=/dev/disk/by-id/dm-name-ventoy

Mamunson · July 27, 2023, 11:59am

Hi, I was trying to install Brave on my OpenSuse 15.5 laptop and received the following input:

Locally@dynamic-pd01:~> sudo zypper refresh
[sudo] password for root: 
Repository 'Packman Repository' is up to date.                                                                 
Repository 'microsoft-edge' is up to date.                                                                     
Repository 'microsoft-edge-dev' is up to date.                                                                 
Problem retrieving files from 'openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1'.
Empty destination in URI: hd:/?device=/dev/disk/by-id/dm-name-ventoy
Please see the above error message for a hint.
Skipping repository 'openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1' because of the above error.
Repository 'Update repository of openSUSE Backports' is up to date.                                            
Repository 'Non-OSS Repository' is up to date.                                                                 
Repository 'Open H.264 Codec (openSUSE Leap)' is up to date.                                                   
Repository 'Main Repository' is up to date.                                                                    
Retrieving repository 'Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15' metadata ...........[done]
Building repository 'Update repository with updates from SUSE Linux Enterprise 15' cache ................[done]
Repository 'Main Update Repository' is up to date.                                                             
Repository 'Update Repository (Non-Oss)' is up to date.                                                        
Repository 'vscode' is up to date.                                                                             
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.
Locally@dynamic-pd01:~> ^C
Locally@dynamic-pd01:~>

I did not have this issue on my other laptop and don’t know why this is happening. Grateful for your guidance and help.

arvidjaar · July 27, 2023, 12:28pm

This is likely your installation device that was setup as repository during installation. As long as you also have network repository for openSUSE, you can just remove the repository openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1.

Mamunson · July 27, 2023, 1:36pm

Hi, How can I remove the repository openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1 .? Installed Leap 15.5 via a USB stick and have removed it since I finished the installation.

hui · July 27, 2023, 1:42pm

By going into Yast2 → software → configuration → repositories
Mark the repo and remove it…

Mamunson · July 27, 2023, 6:08pm

Hi, I’m not sure which one to mark and remove. I’m attaching screenshots

hui · July 27, 2023, 6:12pm

It is the one with the Name openSUSE-Leap-15.5-1 and URL hd:/?device=/dev/disk/by-id/dm-name-ventoy

This can already be seen in the output from your first post.

Mamunson · July 27, 2023, 6:17pm

Many thanks indeed It worked beautifully.