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#1

I managed to get a file server going using 12.2. Now after a week, I decided to do an online update. Being a newbie, I just accepted the default updates selected. The system asked for a reboot. I rebooted it and now it just shows me a black screen with GRUB. If I try to press any key on the keyboard, it makes a sound like an error or something.

Because of this, I’m thinking of switching to Debian. But I seriously like the Yast. Yast has to be the best feature in managing a server over ssh.

Anyone has got any ideas?

#2

Here’s your way to a solution: https://forums.opensuse.org/content/146-using-livecd-take-over-repair-installed-system.html

#3

On 2013-02-10 12:06, knightjp wrote:
>
> I managed to get a file server going using 12.2. Now after a week, I
> decided to do an online update. Being a newbie, I just accepted the
> default updates selected. The system asked for a reboot. I rebooted it
> and now it just shows me a black screen with GRUB. If I try to press any
> key on the keyboard, it makes a sound like an error or something.
>
> Because of this, I’m thinking of switching to Debian. But I seriously
> like the Yast. Yast has to be the best feature in managing a server over
> ssh.

Disasters may happen on any Linux distro you use, and you have to learn
how to cope with them on your distro of choice.

It could be a wrong grub configuration, a video problem after a kernel
update… who knows. With the symptoms you describe I don’t know.

Did you add repos, and if such, which?

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)

#4

Your probably did a kernel update and YaST would have asked you to reboot your system to use the new kernel
I might be wrong but it sounds like kernel did not get installed properly

#5

What do you think is I should do to keep the server up to date?

#6

Did we try as to what Knurpht said earlier ?
If you have dvd you can try and “upgrade”(it will try and reinstall components again)

#7

On 02/10/2013 04:16 PM, knightjp wrote:

> What do you think is I should do to keep the server up to date?

disable packagekit/apper and run YaST Online Update or “zypper patch”
weekly.

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#8

Ok… Since I’m a newbie, you’re gonna have to tell me how to do that.

#9

open terminal and then use the below commands

su -
zypper patch
#10

Thanks… How do we disable packagekit/apper ?

#11

some disable it

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Apper_troubleshooting

Some people remove it


su -
zypper rm apper
#12

On 2013-02-10 19:46, knightjp wrote:
> Ok… Since I’m a newbie, you’re gonna have to tell me how to do that.

Then you should read the entire openSUSE book at doc.opensuse.org.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.1 x86_64 “Asparagus” at Telcontar)