Opensuse 10.3 - I seem not to get automatic updates anymore

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Hello,

I’m using Opensuse 10.3 and have observed that for quite a while, I have not been getting automatic updates anymore.

As an example, my kernel is still 2.6.22.18-0.2-default (obtained using the command “uname -r”). If I look then on Index of /update/10.3/repodata I see that there is a file called “patch-kernel-5700.xml”, dated 21-Oct-2008 that should have updated (at least that is what I think) my kernel to 2.6.22.19.

I have tried in Yast - Software Management to update the packages manually (option: “Update if newer version available”), but according to Yast, there were no such packgages.

The repositories that are currently active on my machine are:

(I have disabled a few others like packman and the buildservice for Openoffice and Mozilla, as I thought that would have helped resolving my issue. But it didn’t.)

Does anybody have an idea what I should do?

Thank you for your help!

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Are you tried to delete these repositories (after that quit from the repository manager!), and add them again?

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Try YaST>Software>Online Update; you have to confirm that you want to install a new kernel; it will not be installed automatically without your permission.

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Thank you both for your very quick reactions!

I deleted the 3 repositories, went out of the repository manager and added them again:

I did not delete the other repositories like packman, etc… that were anyhow not enabled. (Should I have done so?)

After adding the 3 repositories, Yast was downloading a whole lot files (mainly xml files as I could see it).

I then also tried YaST>Software>Online Update as suggested by John. Also the online updater was quite busy for a while downloading stuff. At the end I got the error message: “No active update repository is available. Exit Online Update now? Yes/No”.

Do you have any further suggestions?

(Also, just to make sure: was I right about the assumption that by now my Opensuse 10.3 should have been upgraded to 2.6.22.19?)

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ISSUE SOLVED

Today I started up the computer and … the automatic update tool indicated there were a lot of updates to be made. (A.o. the 2.6.19.22 kernel) Apparently there was a reboot needed.

So in summary, what made it work for me:

  1. I deleted the OSS, Non-OSS and Update repositories
  2. Went out of the Repository Manager
  3. Added the 3 repositories I removed under 1 again
  4. Rebooted the computer
  5. Then the automatic updater indicated there were updates available…

Thanks again to ram88 and John Hudson for their help!