More or less fresh install of openSUSE 42.3 but unused for about 3 to 4 months.
When I boot up, package kit would start running automatically and stay for hours on “Checking updates”.
Killed package kit using:
sudo killall packagekitd
Then tried using Yast online update. It gets stuck on “Loading Package Manager”.
Tried
zypper update
Absolutely no output.
Checked repository URL’s and enabled/autorefresh only the basic four repositories. Retried Yast and zypper. Same results.
Changed network management from “wicked” to NetworkManager as suggested in another thread. No effect.
Now if I try to enter Yast - Software repositories (this is after logging out and logging in again after Yast gets stuck), I get:
"System management is locked by the application with pid 20039 (/usr/bin/ruby). Close this application before trying again.
The only ruby I’ve heard of (other than the gemstone and the one who took her lips to town) is a programming language and I’ve never ever used it.
Before, installing openSUSE 42.3, I had briefly installed 42.2 (or perhaps 42.1) I cant remember and had similar problems with updates - which was solved by adding an omitted file separator in the URL for the nvidia repo (unbelievable but true and I had not even entered the URL manually).
There are times perhaps when the repos are not available but this has now happened multiple times over several days.
I successfully (and continuously) used openSUSE 13.1 for over two years - only having to use my Windows 7 system once in the middle after a power failure messed up an update. But after 9/10 months of trying on and off, I have yet to open my account with Leap - there is always some problem or the other and the GUI is laggy and “just doesn’t feel right”.
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=163 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=6 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=7 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=8 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=9 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=10 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=11 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=12 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=13 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=14 ttl=48 time=162 ms
64 bytes from ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134): icmp_seq=15 ttl=48 time=162 ms
...
...
...
Goes on and on, 16, 17, 18, …, 377, … never stops.
paul@Orion-15:~$ sudo traceroute download.opensuse.org
[sudo] password for root:
traceroute to download.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 10.19.8.1 (10.19.8.1) 6.258 ms 11.084 ms 11.073 ms
2 pete-core-2b-xe-1111-0.network.virginmedia.net (NNN.NNN.NNN.NNN) 12.845 ms 12.830 ms 12.817 ms
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 tcl5-ic-6-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net (62.254.85.66) 18.570 ms 18.570 ms 18.544 ms
6 ae1-0.lon10.core-backbone.com (195.66.224.238) 21.478 ms 17.146 ms 16.805 ms
7 ae6-2012.nbg30.core-backbone.com (80.255.15.197) 35.366 ms 35.336 ms 35.274 ms
8 core-backbone.microfocus.com (5.56.18.210) 37.565 ms 37.725 ms 37.491 ms
9 ftp.opensuse.org (195.135.221.134) 37.469 ms 37.412 ms 35.128 ms
paul@Orion-15:~$
Same for non-oss. I didn’t do this for the update repos, that is I added them without modifying the url.
Once this was done, the Yast online update worked fine, and I was able to complete a largish update in about 15 minutes including a kernel update. Rebooted.
I was curious about the extra suse folder, because, there are also a few other folders in /repo/oss other than suse although suse seems to have the bulk of the files. So after the reboot, I tried changing one of the the url’s back to the original, but Yast got hung (at “Check Repository Type”) trying to complete that change. So although I’ve managed to update, its not exactly a satisfying conclusion - I’m not sure if something has been left out of the update.
could be a broken mirror
you could try and replace the meta-url download.opensuse.org which is more of a redirection service to a real mirror you can pick a mirror here https://mirrors.opensuse.org/
a question can you install software from OBS of the top of my mind try and install chromium or seamonkey (install the one you don’t have) the reason being to see if you can install software from the update repo (both have recived updates since they wore released)
zypper in chromium
or
zypper in seamonkey
one more thing that should not be of consequence, auto refresh is turned off for the update-non-oss repo it should be on for the update repo’s and it can be turned off for the main repo as their content never changes
Also, I can add the Packman and nvidia graphics driver repos using the Yast “Community Repositories” option, but I still cannot add the basic oss and non-oss repos via “Community Repositories” (Yast Hangs).
I remember SeaMonkey from about 15 yrs ago :)- I think I might have tried it briefly.
Anyway this is the output from “zypper in chromium”
Retrieving repository 'Main Update Repository OSS' metadata .......................................................................................................[done]
Building repository 'Main Update Repository OSS' cache ............................................................................................................[done]
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...
The following application is going to be installed:
Chromium
The following 6 NEW packages are going to be installed:
chromium libminizip1 libre2-0 libwebpmux1 noto-coloremoji-fonts noto-emoji-fonts
The following 2 recommended packages were automatically selected:
noto-coloremoji-fonts noto-emoji-fonts
6 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 58.0 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional 226.3 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/...? shows all options] (y):
So it does appear to work - I think I can stop there - no need to install it.
Yast added these cleanly - after which I tried another online update - but it looks like the update was already completed earlier as there were no additional changes suggested.
In any case that mirrors webpage is useful to know about. Thanks.
Perhaps I can leave it at that for the moment, but please do comment.
