On 2010-08-23 18:36, danbudy wrote:
>
> Thanks for the replies.
>
> I did not buy support, or the retail box. I downloaded my copy of 11.3
> directly off the open SUSE site.
>
> I get one error when I go to “computer” then “yast” then “online
> update.” It wants me to register. It gives pop up menu of “No update
> repository configured yet. Run configuration workflow now?”
> No / Yes
>
> If I choose yes, then it comes to the menu
> Registration
> 1. configure later
> 2. configure now(recommended)
> include for configuration
> x hardware profile
> x optional information
> x registration code
>
> You can choose any of the above choices. But it doesn’t matter because
> when I try to do the configuration, it shows conecting to server and
> then shows a webbrowser will start, press continue or cancel.
> Browser window with novell sign on it opens and has another continue
> button, when pressed it starts trying to connect to server, then fails
> and loops back to browser original browser window with the continue
> button on it.
I don’t recognize that sequence. :-o
What exact link did you use to download the distro? What exact version did you use?
Execute in a terminal:
cat /etc/SuSE-brand
cat /etc/SuSE-release
and paste the result here.
> If I am hearing you correctly, then I do not need to register. Do I
> need this online update function.
No need to register.
Yes, you need the updates.
No, you do not need to register in order to get updates.
> I have gotten “computer/ yast / software manager” to open if I disable
> most of the repositories. I was able to download some software options,
> ie Mozilla, vlc, and the vlc plug-in.
You only need, for starters, three repos. Let us see what you have. Get your self root in a terminal
(xterm, konsole, gnome-terminal), and type “zypper lr --details”· Your results should be similar to
this:
]> # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority |
Type | URI | Service
]> 0 | openSUSE_11.2_CD | openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes | No | 99 |
yast2 | cd:/// |
]> 1 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.2-Debug | No | No | 99 |
NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/ |
]> 2 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 |
yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss/ |
]> 3 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 |
yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/ |
]> 4 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.2-Source | No | No | 99 |
NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss/ |
]> 5 | repo-update | openSUSE-11.2-Update | Yes | Yes | 99 |
rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.2/ |
Whatever you have, paste it here.
You only need oss, non-oss, and update. Notice that a few above are not enabled. Notice that my
list is for 11.2, yours will be for 11.3.
If you have nvidia repo in your list, leave it. Everything else (mozilla, whatever), disable. Do not
enable many repositories until you learn your way around. Too many too soon is a recipe for disaster.
if the update repo is not there, add it. Manually. Use the “software repositories” module of yast,
or CLI (zypper --help). It should be there automatically, but there is something strange with your
system.
> How do you tell how much room that you have on your hard drive, easily?
> I poked around and this is eluding me…
df -h
> Currently, reading a good guide 'here ’ (http://tinyurl.com/24mr69w)
You have that guide as an installable rpm, and more. Search for manual or book in yast.
cer@Elessar:~/Download> zypper se gnomequick
Repository ‘OBS: devel:tools’ is out-of-date. You can run ‘zypper refresh’ as root to update it.
Repository ‘openSUSE-11.2-Update’ is out-of-date. You can run ‘zypper refresh’ as root to update it.
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
S | Name | Summary | Type
–±---------------------------±-------------------------------------------±-------
| opensuse-gnomequick_de-pdf | openSUSE GNOME Quickstart (German) as PDF | package
| opensuse-gnomequick_en-pdf | openSUSE GNOME Quickstart (English) as PDF | package
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” GM (Elessar))
