mesa messed up the system

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Hi :wink:

i was trying to make google earth 7 work ok and upgraded mesa from v8 until 9.0.1 using http://software.opensuse.org/ymp/X11:XOrg/openSUSE_12.2/Mesa.ymp?base=openSUSE%3A12.2&query=Mesa

Pc reboot gave me this error :
call to lnusertemp failed (temporary directories full ?) . Check your installation.
What’s going wrong ?

i then wanted to downgrade mesa to V8 but i can’t from console for yast gives me the following error for each repo and thus downgrade does not finish as usual , some packages are missing.
*error occured while setting download (curl) options for ‘http://repository_url’ *

How can i solve this ?

Thanks :wink:

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The suggestion is that your "(temporary directories full ?)". Did you check if you have a full file system?

df -h
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I do hope someone has a solution, but let me say that with openSUSE 11.4, I did the very same thing with the same result and in the end I gave up trying to fix it and just reloaded root /, but kept my /home area intact. Its a pain to reload openSUSE I know and all of its application files and system settings, but keeping your /home area does maintain all personnel settings, files and such. You are not the only person that has done this before and I am not saying it can’t be fixed, though I gave up before I found a different solution, but a reload does not take all that long really.

Thank You,

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are the repo servers really not responding or is this linked with mesa 9 being unstable ?
I 'd like to downgrade to V8 , can’t it be ?

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This terminal command can be used to look at your repos:

zypper repos

AND this as root can remove one:

zypper removerepo reponame

And I might do this as root once removed:

zypper refresh

zypper update

And/Or

zypper dup

You can see all of the instructions with this: https://en.opensuse.org/images/1/17/Zypper-cheat-sheet-1.pdf, its old, but still applies I think.

Thank You,

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i know about these, so far zypper ref is not working, but i was wondering if messing up with mesa could impede repos connection or not (?)

by the way about temp files it happens that i just cleaned them as much as possible (a bit before this problem).

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In my mind if zypper does not work and yast2 terminal version does not work, there is little left but to reinstall openSUSE in my opinion. Its hard for me to know if you blasted the system by removing something critical in the tmp folder, but a lot more detail might help determine that. However, I do not wish to provide false hope on this issue as a reinstall could already be finished by now since the problem came up. If you have questions on how to do it, just ask.

Thank You,

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i"m still trying to avoid reinstall (in case the rest of the week end provides for a better idea :wink: )
zypper dup with 3 repos (oss, non-oss, update) , will this work ? this may not work for zypper ref does not
i might burn a dvd then …

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As long as you know a reinstall is the last resort and you have the right stuff (openSUSE Boot DVD or CD) to do it, then any other procedure is worth a try, but might render the entire system unbootable. None the less, I would consider doing a zypper dup as its not going to blow away the /home area.

Thank You,

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When YaST goes bonkers i do these and YaST works again


zypper clean
zypper clean --all
zypper ref -f
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zypper cc

is not helping zypper :

zypper ref

is still ko

i’ll try what you gave above to see if yast goes better

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zypper still gives the same error : the error is

error occured while setting download (curl) options for ‘http://repository_url’

this for each repository

yast is available even though it can’t access install media (same error as above), skiping auto refresh still allows searching packages

What can i do now apart from reinstalling ?

How can i deactivate/reactivate a repo with zypper ?

Thanks :wink:

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list repos. please note the repos numbers

zypper ls -d

and then use below command to disable repos

zypper mr  --disable 1 2 3

disable all

zypper mr  --disable --all

enable all

zypper mr  --enable --all

enable some

zypper mr  --enable 1 2 3

remove repo

zypper rr 2
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i tried with 3 repos, but

zypper dup

did not work
still the same error as before

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i downloaded an iso of the opensuse dvd, then made of it a local and unique repo for zypper and used

zypper dup

it worked !!

but reboot came back to the same error , again and again

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On 2013-01-17 14:06, manchette fr wrote:

> but reboot came back to the same error , again and again

Please post that error, including the command and prompt that produces
it, and insert it in code tags.

Please use code tags. Advanced editor, ‘#’ button.
View this
thread for instructions

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))

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hi :wink:
all is explained in message #1, it’s an error when booting the pc

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Pc reboot gave me this error :

 *call to lnusertemp failed (temporary directories full ?) . Check your installation.*

no more access to X . What’s going wrong ?

 *
zypper ref (or yast auto refreshing ) 

-->> error occured while setting download (curl) options for 'http://repository_url'                         *
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similar error here
12.04 - Message “Call to lnusertemp failed (temporary directories full?). Check your installation?” displayed in X before KDM - Ask Ubuntu
http://easytofu.com/22122009195632-lnusertemp-failed-kde-error-message-login

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On 2013-01-17 15:06, manchette fr wrote:
>
> hi :wink:
> all is explained in message #1, it’s an error when booting the pc

That links load a yast ymp, it is not the error message. Please post it
inside code tags, complete with prompt, as requested.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4, with Evergreen, x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))