My apologies but the editor refused to let me finish my full edit, so here is the post again in its entirety
To all:
Here is the output of “zypper lr -d” but after dropping back from Leap 16.0 to 15.6, the repository count went from 22 to just 14, so 8 were removed. I also do see problems with this repository list such as the openh-264 repo, which is Leap 16.0 (supposedly) and some of the last parts of the URL’s using the $(basearch) variable.
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Keep | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+-----------------------------+---------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+----------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------
1 | NVIDIA:repo-non-free | repo-non-free (15.6) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/15.6 | NVIDIA
2 | brave_browser | Brave Browser | No | ---- | ---- | - | 97 | rpm-md | https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/ |
3 | code | Visual Studio Code | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode |
4 | google-chrome | google-chrome | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 |
5 | home_maxiotis | Zoom repo (15.6) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/maxiotis/15.6/ |
6 | lynis | CISOfy Lynis repository | No | ---- | ---- | - | 96 | rpm-md | https://packages.cisofy.com/community/lynis/rpm/ |
7 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss | repo-non-oss (15.6) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
8 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss-debug | repo-non-oss-debug (15.6) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
9 | openSUSE:repo-openh264 | repo-openh264 (15.6) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap_16 | openSUSE
10 | openSUSE:repo-oss | repo-oss (15.6) | Yes | (r ) Yes | Yes | - | 99 | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
11 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug | repo-oss-debug (15.6) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/x86_64 | openSUSE
12 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source | repo-oss-source (15.6) | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | N/A | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss | openSUSE
13 | opera | opera | No | ---- | ---- | - | 99 | rpm-md | https://rpm.opera.com/rpm/ |
14 | packman | Packman | No | ---- | ---- | - | 90 | rpm-md | https://ftp.fau.de/pub/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.6/ |
The URL logs are at
bootlog: bootlog
flatpak error: flatpak error
polkit error: polkit error
systemctl polkit startup failure: systemctl startup polkit.service fail
The current “sudo snapper list” of snapshots shows:
owner@localhost:~> sudo snapper list
# | Type | Pre # | Date | User | Cleanup | Description | Userdata
-----+--------+-------+---------------------------------+------+----------+-------------------------+--------------
0 | single | | | root | | current |
317 | pre | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 09:48:25 AM PDT | root | number | zypp(zypper) | important=yes
318 | single | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 10:00:22 AM PDT | root | timeline | timeline |
323 | post | 317 | Thu 11 Jun 2026 02:56:43 PM PDT | root | number | | important=yes
325 | pre | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 03:11:09 PM PDT | root | number | zypp(zypper) | important=yes
326 | single | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 03:48:45 PM PDT | root | number | rollback backup of #121 | important=yes
327* | single | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 03:49:01 PM PDT | root | | writable copy of #317 |
328 | single | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 04:00:17 PM PDT | root | timeline | timeline |
329 | single | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 05:00:02 PM PDT | root | timeline | timeline |
330 | single | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 06:00:02 PM PDT | root | timeline | timeline |
331 | single | | Thu 11 Jun 2026 07:00:02 PM PDT | root | timeline | timeline |
As I mentioned earlier, the repositories have been changed by the openSUSE service and the url’s are not correct, for example:
sudo zypper ref
Repository 'repo-openh264 (15.6)' is up to date.
Retrieving repository 'repo-oss (15.6)' metadata ........................................................................................................................................................[error]
Repository 'repo-oss (15.6)' is invalid.
[openSUSE:repo-oss|http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/x86_64] Failed to retrieve new repository metadata.
History:
- [openSUSE:repo-oss|http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/x86_64] Repository type can't be determined.
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository 'repo-oss (15.6)' because of the above error.
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.
I was forced to manually restore the Leap 15.6 repositories (not the openSuse service ones) so I could recover a working repository list. Now I will have to manually fix about 1/2 of the current repositories so that the “zypper ref” command will successfully execute as things are broken right now, but at least I know how to fix this problem.
I wonder if I should remove flatpak from the 15.6 OS before attempting the upgrade using the migration tool?
I do appreciate your input.
- Randall