how to update?

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#1

I just installed the M7 version.
My question is how to set repo so that it can automatically update to the lastest version? Or just use the defualt setting?

#2

I think the milestones are like snapshots without updates. You need to move to the Factory repos. Here is a link to the DistroWatch.com guide. I used this guide and seems to be working. I’m still downloading updates though, so we’ll see. Step 4 didn’t seem to work for me so I just skipped it.

#3

Check your grub.lst before rebooting to avoid this

#4

thank you very much.:stuck_out_tongue:

#5

I am using the following list of repositories to do upgrades from Milestone to Milestone by “zypper dup” and for the same Milestone by “zypper up”:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/openSUSE_Factory/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.1/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Playground/openSUSE_Factory/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_Factory/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSUSE_Factory/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Qt/openSUSE_11.1/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla:/Factory/openSUSE_Factory/
http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/11.1/
http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/non-oss/
http://download.opensuse.org/factory/repo/oss/
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/drivers:/webcam/openSUSE_Factory/
#6

As for Nvidia drivers, VMware or virtualbox, you need to recompile them each time you get a new kernel
Nvidia drivers: execute the script downloaded from nvidia’s site (e.g. NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-185.18.36-pkg2.run)
Virtualbox: /etc/init.d/vbodrv setup
VMware: vmware-modconfig --noconcole --install-all (+ insert “export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=force” at the end of /etc/vmware/bootstrap to avoid the infamous Pb: mouse ungrabs outside of the 640*480 upper left part of the screen)

#7

unfortunately, “this” happened. More serious, the file initrd-kernelversion-default lost during update. Maybe there is a bug.
I had to reinstall. Using Factory is really dangerous.

#8

It isn’t a “bug”, because updating using factory is not officially supported.

The standard testing model is to install the milestone images. If you use factory instead, expect breakage…