> Everything worked perfect (out of the box) BUT… I
> decided to add the community repos (packman, GNOME: stable, education
> among others) and install a lot of packages … But once I rebooted BLAM!
your experience is proof that this is very good advice:
“in general, keep your repositories to a minimum to avoid conflicts
and breakage. A good choice would be those added by default at
install: oss, non-oss, updates + just ‘Packman’ and ATI or Nvidia if
you need these. That should give you all you need.”
cite: http://tinyurl.com/d36dml
and “Note repositories are in essence file servers on the internet
containing applications, drivers, codecs, … etc … in this case,
for openSUSE. and as a new user, when setting up your repositories by
following the guidance in that page, initially set up only 4
repositories (repos). Just 4. No others. Those 4 are OSS, Non-OSS,
Update, and Packman. Adding others can cause compatibility problems,
and users who have advanced past the new user stage may think it is
better to select more than these four–and you may also, when the time
comes and when you learn how to solve problems that may arise from
having others. Until then, stick to the 4. One may also have to
briefly add other repos, install an app, and then remove the repos
(for example for installing a graphic driver, or installing an updated
alsa sound driver).”
cite: http://tinyurl.com/6jwtg9
since there is no EASY way to know what got unnecessilary added, from
the wrong repos, the easiest way to recover (in my opinion) is to
reinstall and enjoy that “Everything worked perfect (out of the box)”
for a while…then MOVE more slowly…do not just enable repos and
russian roulette style start adding stuff…
know what you need and then install it…and, my advice is to run it
for a day or two (a boot or two!) before adding anything else…that
way, if your system starts acting bad you KNOW what caused it, and may
even be able to figure out a way to UNDO it…
ymmv
–
natural_pilot