just installed 12.2 (new to opensuse). almost immediately i got an error (below).
why, how, what, …
please help …
There was an error in the repository initialization.
SKIP request: User-requested skipping of a file
History:
We had one more of this in the Dutch forums. While we tried to help the OP there, he installed anew because of different other reasons. Thus we do not know if our suggestions were worthwhile.
The idea was that some mirror is broken. It was detected yesterday, but waiting for the mirror to recover until today did not help.
The suggestion was to use another mirror.
it’s good of you to provide a translation service for ignorant brits like me who only speak english !
well meaning suggestion are always worthwhile … and very welcome too!
that sounds like a great suggestion to me.
i’m not in a rush so i think i’ll give it a chance to be fixed on Monday morning
… besides, i’ve not told it to use a specific mirror (so i guess it must be using a default)
plus
i’ve not a clue how to change the setting 
thanks again henk, much kudos m8
Well, I told (what I thought that are) the basics of it instead of translating the full discussion.
I also explained that our suggestions involved:
. waiting;
. going to another mirror.
As the first was done for about half a day and did not work and the second wasn’t tried by the OP there, there isn’t much more to say IMHO.
BTW the default mirror is different for different people depending on an algorithm that should find the one “nearest” to you (Internet wise). THus you indeed do not know which one you use.
The suggestion was to disable the current non-OSS in YaST > Software > Repo management (not to remove it, what we do is only a bypass). And then use e.g.
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss/
It is all in http://forums.opensuse.org/nederlands-dutch/helpen-en-hulp/programmas/479935-repo-update-2.html and I guess it isn’t that difficult to get the essentiels out of it even if it is in Dutch.
Please post output of
zypper lr -d
This could be the same as in the dutch forums -a solution isn’t there, the OP reinstalled-, but it could also be that the install medium is still in the repo list.
I had the same error with non-oss. I disabled it since I didn’t use much software from it, but after seeing this thread I decided to just pick a static mirror for it and it worked. I just replaced the default mirror with: Index of /pub/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss
not a clue what i’m doing, however …
zypper lr -d
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
--+---------------------------+------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | repo-debug | openSUSE-12.2-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/12.2/repo/oss/ |
2 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-12.2-Update-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.2/ |
3 | repo-debug-update-non-oss | openSUSE-12.2-Update-Debug-Non-Oss | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/12.2-non-oss/ |
4 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-12.2-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss/ |
5 | repo-oss | openSUSE-12.2-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/oss/ |
6 | repo-source | openSUSE-12.2-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/12.2/repo/oss/ |
7 | repo-update | openSUSE-12.2-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.2/ |
8 | repo-update-non-oss | openSUSE-12.2-Update-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.2-non-oss/ |
cheers guys
I’ve had this problem for a couple weeks now. My first reaction was to reinstall the system, but the problem was still there after the reinstall. I’ve just been skipping the non-oss repo during updates in the meantime although the process was becoming a bit annoying. When I copy and pasted the url for the repo ( Index of /distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss ) into firefox, I saw that I needed to descend from there into suse/repodata to find the repomd.xml. I tried adding those directories to the repo’s url but it didn’t work, but for some reason when I just add the suse directory with no trailing slash, I get successful results.
this was, is, my position
i tried doing this this too, well, not firefox but browser - maybe there’s hope for me yet!
… although i didn’t, & don’t, know how to do this.
ok, i see that you must mean:
‘http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss’
(was originally: ‘http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss/’)
however, how do you change that please?
(please speak very, very slowly for me).
On 10/29/2012 04:56 PM, KennDC wrote:
> please speak very, very slowly for me
-open YaST
-on the left select Software (if not already selected)
-on the right select Software Repositories
-when the "Configure Software Repositories windows open, look down the
list and find the list named “openSUSE-12.2-Non-Oss”
-arrow down or click once to highlight that repo
-then, click the “Edit” button
-you will see the repo’s URL
-edit it as you please/as directed
-click ok (the edit window closes)
-click ok (the Configure Software Repositories window closes)
-click to close YaST Control Center (but i usually leave it open as long
as no one can touch my machine but me–saves having to retype the root
pass…)
if that was not slow enough 
you might have a look here:
http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/part.reference.software.html
On 10/29/2012 02:26 PM, zaol wrote:
> ( ‘Index of
> /distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss’
> (http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss/) ) into
> firefox, I saw that I needed to descend from there into suse/repodata to
> find the repomd.xml. I tried adding those directories to the repo’s url
> but it didn’t work, but for some reason when I just add the suse
> directory with no trailing slash, I get successful results.
by the way, this sure sounds like a bug against the server…some
(several) 12.2 user(s) should confirm and log it…
–
dd
amazing!
many, MANY thanks for your help … it worked perfectly.
but that’s not all.
your reply - and the fact i managed to get it to work perfectly for me,
this has given me the confidence, the push, the drive, the additional understanding that i needed to get my network printer working.
don’t get me wrong, i had tried to get it working.
i have installed, un-installed & re-installed the printer at least 3 or 4 times.
everything i tried seemed to work fine. i could see the printer. i had a queue. i could send prints to the queue. it simply didn’t print!
i was going to post here asking for help … but i didn’t want to be asking for two truck loads of help at the same time.
it had even been a toss-up which of my problems i should ask for help with first.
now i don’t need. my printer works fine.
you’ve even saved me making another post.
many, MANY thanks for all your amazing help.
== SOLVED ==
happy you got it fixed, and VERY happy you found more confidence, but
one more comment on your
> get my network printer working. don’t get me wrong, i had
> tried to get it working. i have installed, un-installed &
> re-installed the printer at least 3 or 4 times.
big hint: this is Linux, generally it is dependable, reliable and
predictable…which means that while some other operating systems
routinely “fix themselves” in the standard and recommended process of
-install
-try
-uninstall
-reinstall
-try
-make changes
-try
-uninstall
-reinstall
-try
-repeat until it fixes itself
that process is usually a waste of time with dependable hardware and
software!!
that is, if you repeat the same steps over and over and over and do NOT
get the same results over and over and over then you MUST assume
something is WRONG!
either the hardware is broken;
or the hardware is intermittently broken;
or the software is broken;
or the software is intermittently broken;
or the phase of the moon or maybe sunspot activity is interfering with
and dislodging atoms in your ROM, RAM, CPU, GPU or whatever…
oh, and don’t forget resources like:
http://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/html/openSUSE/opensuse-startup/cha.p.html
which includes hints on printer software installation and printer setup…
–
dd
nah, i wasn’t doing the “other” os ‘bang your head against the wall and see if the right brick comes out’ thing.
and i knew that the hardware was working fine with ubuntu. it was obviously my [lack of] understanding.
i was trying the various choices for installing a network printer, i.e. tcp, idp, etc - well, as far as i could get before i tripped and fell.
i even tried playing with the printers config and it’s address in my router.
after your confidence boost i just did some of the same again, however, because of you, i was able to go further; i found the magic (port) number (9100); and even corrected what i could see was obviously (that’s me getting cocky) an error … and it worked.
no interference from any of the lunar deities.
no entrails of a goat.
not even a quick stroke of Schrödinger’s cat.
just you help.
thanks again.
Sorry to drag up this old thread but it fixed my one box.
This problem was driving me nuts on my one machine and removing the trailing slash solved the problem here too. Where would one report such an error?
Curiously my other 3 openSUSE installs do not have this problem.
On 02/28/2013 01:36 AM, anika200 wrote:
> Where would one report such an error?
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Services_help#download.opensuse.org
says to report to:
admin@opensuse.org
or use Bugzilla with the Product openSUSE.org and the Component
Download Infrastructure
https://bugzilla.novell.com/enter_bug.cgi?classification=7340&product=openSUSE.org&submit=Use+This+Product&component=Download%20Infrastructure
–
dd
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