[QUOTE=wolfi323;bt1067]So what. Not all typing mistakes are obvious.
Why are you getting so upset?
The commands are correct, and the server is running and reachable. Period.
I was just suggesting a possible (and even likely) cause.
If you are such an expert and infallable, why do you even ask for help? 
I didnāt say itās you.
But there is a problem on your side, as I can reach the server just fine here.
See also my previous reply.[/QUOTE]
A) Iām not getting upsetā¦on the contrary Iām trying to work with youā¦donāt be hasty to jump to conclusionsā¦I was merely stating that my typing I double-check when performing these types of tasks as I donāt want to screw up my systemā¦Iām no expert and no sysadminā¦Iām just a guy with 23 years of working in I/T but never in a sysadmin roleā¦always worked in command centers or NOCās as some refer to themā¦
B) I never accused you of anything or that you were implying that I was at faultā¦again on the contrary Iām only trying to work with you to better understand what may be wrongā¦
C) It appears YaST, for some odd reason, does not like the command and neither does the command line. Thatās why I came here seeking adviceā¦thereās no need to for anyone to bash someone asking for helpā¦at work everyone loves coming to me for solutions, if I can help them, because Iām very patient with them and know that at one time when I started in the I/T field back in 1991 I, too, was green as the grass that grows in the parkā¦also because those whom I sought out for advice when I first started were patient with meā¦
[QUOTE=wolfi323;bt1068]So, are you behind a proxy?
Just because your browser has the correct proxy settings, doesnāt mean that zypper (which runs as root) has.
Can you refresh your other online repos or do you get errors as well?
zypper ref
Can you ping the server?
ping packman.inode.at
Or the one from the Community List:
ping ftp.gwdg.de
[/QUOTE]
Not behind a proxy at my endā¦and both pings worked fine as did the repo refreshā¦
Your replies sounded to me like you felt insulted that I even dared to speculate you might have made a typing mistake.
C) It appears YaST, for some odd reason, does not like the command and neither does the command line.
No. YaST doesnāt seem to be able to connect to the server.
Thatās why I came here seeking adviceā¦thereās no need to for anyone to bash someone asking for helpā¦
I didnāt bash you, or at least I didnāt intend to.
I rather felt the opposite: you were bashing me because I apparently seemed to underestimate your skills or something which you couldnāt take.
Thereās no need to for anyone to bash someone trying to help eitherā¦ 
But you know what?
YaSTās error message that you posted:
āUnable to create repository from URL āhttp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/ packmanā. Change the URL and try again?ā
looks quite strange when I look at it again.
It seems to think that the URL is actually āhttp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/ packmanā.
You definitely did not use the āCommunity Repositoriesā list for that, as in that list the server would be gwdg.de.
Apparently you typed that into the URL field and that is the wrong thing to do.
Type āhttp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/ā into the URL field (without the quotes of course), and type āpackmanā (or whatever you like) into the Repository-Name field.
Or choose āCommunity Repositoriesā (after clicking on āAddā) instead of āURLā as I told you twice.
[QUOTE=wolfi323;bt1071]Apparently you typed that into the URL field and that is the wrong thing to do.
Type āhttp://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_13.1/ā into the URL field (without the quotes of course), and type āpackmanā (or whatever you like) into the Repository-Name field.[/QUOTE]
Okā¦coolā¦thanks for your help, wolfi323ā¦got it to work with the steps you mention aboveā¦what I canāt get to work now is copy/paste in the default terminal emulator that comes with openSUSE so I can do the zypper install of the gstreamer and other files listed in the original postā¦but Iām getting closerā¦thanks for your assistance and understandingā¦
There is no ādefault terminal emulator that comes with openSUSEā.
KDE comes with konsole, GNOME has gnome-terminal, and thereās always xterm. What are you using?
And the desktop environment might make a difference too.
Anyway, copy/paste should work fine. Mark the text in one window, paste it in the other one by clicking the middle mouse button.
Or use the right-click context menuās āCopyā and āPasteā functions, or the ones from the standard applicationās menu.
But I think this is getting far off topic here now.
If you have further problems I would suggest to ask in the standard forum.
This is the one Iām using but it has no options for copy/paste as others doā¦will research this furtherā¦sincerely grateful for all your assistance, Wolfie323ā¦
Yes, xterm has no menus and never had.
But you should be able to copy/paste by just selecting text and pressing the middle mouse button (or the mouse wheel if thereās no middle button) to insert it. Works fine here, even with xterm (this is a function of X anyway).
[QUOTE=wolfi323;bt1075]Yes, xterm has no menus and never had.
But you should be able to copy/paste by just selecting text and pressing the middle mouse button (or the mouse wheel if thereās no middle button) to insert it. Works fine here, even with xterm (this is a function of X anyway).[/QUOTE]
Used the Gnome terminal and that worked fineā¦got everything to work now in Clementine now and can listen to music nowā¦again thanks for your assistance and patience with me as I swam through thisā¦greatly appreciated!!
Youāre welcome.
Good to hear that you managed to get it to workā¦ 
Here is another option to install the restricted codecs listed in this blog post.
For KDE-USERS
- Check first the content of the url as a normal user.
curl -s http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/42767820
- It should print the codecs formatted inside a bash array.
- Now switch to root and source that url using curl and process substitution.
source <(curl -s http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/42767820)
- Install those codecs using zypper.
zypper in ā${Restricted@]}ā
For GNOME-USERS:
The just change the url to
http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/11627238
For the SECURITY-PARANOIDS 
- download list of codecs as a normal user if you donāt want running curl as root.
curl -s http://paste.opensuse.org/view/raw/42767820 > codecs
- Now switch to root and source that downloaded codecs file.
source codecs
- Finally install those codecs using zypper.
zypper in ā${Restricted@]}ā
I hope someone might find this useful ā¦
Sorry, i had a typo in the array name for the Gnome codecs. It should be
zypper in ā${Restriced@]}ā

Hi,
had a few problems by using the suggested multimedia installation method, which is suggested in the :Multimedia Codecs Installation" sticky threadā¦ should your post be added/integrated there? Just sayingā¦ Cheers 