Warning/error about non-existing repo

I had shortly used a repo and removed it afterwards.
now yast software manager diplays a warning about an error:

error during repository initialisation.

service_2 (https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:ecsos:python:applications/packages/calibre/repositories/15.6/binaries). file './repo/repoindex.xml' auf Medium 'https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:ecsos:python:applications/packages/calibre/repositories/15.6/binaries?cookies=0' not found

I added the repo again and removed it again, but the error message still appears.

how can I get rid of this warning?

@suse_paul Don’t use $HOME repos… they can come and go at a whim… If you insist on using, then download the required rpms and setup a local plain rpm repo to install from…

I use for example;

1 | LocalRPMs                        | LocalRPMs                              | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     | -    |   99     | plaindir | dir:/data/repositories/local_rpms

And that doesn’t appear as a valid repo, please show:

zypper lr -d
zypper lr -d | grep ecsos
 6 | ecsos:mozilla                                | ecsos:/mozilla                | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ecsos:/mozilla/15.6/                | 
 7 | ecsos_audex                                  | ecsos audex                   | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ecsos/15.6 

the repo causing the error is not listed

Can you show the complete output of:

zypper ref

zypper ref

Repository 'update-backports (15.6)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                
Repository 'update-non-oss (15.6)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                  
Repository 'update-oss (15.6)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                      
Repository 'update-sle (15.6)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                      
Repository 'Ungetestete Aktualisierungen' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                           
Repository 'repo-non-free (15.6)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                   
Repository 'X11:/Utilities' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                         
Repository 'brave' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                  
Repository 'nVidia Graphics Drivers' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                
Repository 'Packman Repository' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                     
Repository 'mozilla' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                
Repository 'repo-non-oss (15.6)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                    
Repository 'repo-openh264 (15.6)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                   
Repository 'repo-oss (15.6)' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                        
Repository 'Libdvdcss Repository' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                   
Repository 'picoscope7' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                             
Repository 'science' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                
Repository 'utilities' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                              
Repository 'vivaldi' is up to date.                                                                                                                                                                                                
All repositories have been refreshed.

should one of `repo-non-free’ and ‘nVidia Graphics Drivers’ be removed?

So all repos are up to date (meaning all repo info was found), where does the error in the OP come from?

@OrsoBruno asked you to provide the full repository list, not something redacted by you. Please post, as asked,
zypper lr -d

zypper lr -d

#  | Alias                                        | Name               | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Keep | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                                  | Service
---+----------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------+-----------+---------+------+----------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------
 1 | NVIDIA:repo-non-free                         | repo-non-free (1-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/15.6                                       | NVIDIA
 2 | Sauerland:mixx                               | Sauerland:/mixx    | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Sauerland:/mixx/15.6/               | 
 3 | X11:Utilities                                | X11:/Utilities     | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Utilities/15.6                       | 
 4 | brave                                        | brave              | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64                                | 
 5 | download.nvidia.com-$releasever              | nVidia Graphics -> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/15.6                                       | 
 6 | ecsos:mozilla                                | ecsos:/mozilla     | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ecsos:/mozilla/15.6/                | 
 7 | ecsos_audex                                  | ecsos audex        | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ecsos/15.6                          | 
 8 | ftp.gwdg.de-openSUSE_Leap_$releasever        | Packman Repository | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.6/                   | 
 9 | home:aeszter_xxdiff                          | home:/aeszter (x-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/aeszter/15.6/                       | 
10 | mozilla                                      | mozilla            | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.6                | 
11 | multimedia:apps_mixxx                        | multimedia:/apps-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/apps/15.6/                    | 
12 | multimedia:libs                              | multimedia:/libs   | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/libs/15.6/                    | 
13 | openSUSE-Leap-15.6-1                         | openSUSE-Leap-15-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | rpm-md | hd:/?device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Intenso_Speed_Line_17903803-0:0-part2                | 
14 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss                        | repo-non-oss (15-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss?mediahandler=curl2       | openSUSE
15 | openSUSE:repo-non-oss-debug                  | repo-non-oss-deb-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss?mediahandler=curl2 | openSUSE
16 | openSUSE:repo-openh264                       | repo-openh264 (1-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap?mediahandler=curl2                 | openSUSE
17 | openSUSE:repo-oss                            | repo-oss (15.6)    | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss?mediahandler=curl2           | openSUSE
18 | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug                      | repo-oss-debug (-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss?mediahandler=curl2     | openSUSE
19 | openSUSE:repo-oss-source                     | repo-oss-source -> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss?mediahandler=curl2    | openSUSE
20 | openSUSE:update-backports                    | update-backports-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/backports?mediahandler=curl2                | openSUSE
21 | openSUSE:update-backports-debug              | update-backports-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/backports_debug?mediahandler=curl2          | openSUSE
22 | openSUSE:update-non-oss                      | update-non-oss (-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/non-oss?mediahandler=curl2                  | openSUSE
23 | openSUSE:update-non-oss-debug                | update-non-oss-d-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.6/non-oss?mediahandler=curl2            | openSUSE
24 | openSUSE:update-oss                          | update-oss (15.6)  | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/oss?mediahandler=curl2                      | openSUSE
25 | openSUSE:update-oss-debug                    | update-oss-debug-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.6/oss?mediahandler=curl2                | openSUSE
26 | openSUSE:update-sle                          | update-sle (15.6)  | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/sle?mediahandler=curl2                      | openSUSE
27 | openSUSE:update-sle-debug                    | update-sle-debug-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    | -    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.6/sle?mediahandler=curl2                | openSUSE
28 | opensuse-guide.org-openSUSE_Leap_$releasever | Libdvdcss Reposi-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.6/                                   | 
29 | picoscope7                                   | picoscope7         | Ja      | ( p) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://labs.picotech.com/picoscope7/rpm                                             | 
30 | repo-update-test                             | Ungetestete Aktu-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6-test/                                  | 
31 | science                                      | science            | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/15.6                              | 
32 | utilities                                    | utilities          | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/utilities/15.6                            | 
33 | vivaldi                                      | vivaldi            | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      | -    |   99     | rpm-md | https://repo.vivaldi.com/archive/rpm/x86_64                                          | 
franz@legion:~> 

Maybe a “phantom” ‘service_2’? Please show:

zypper services -rd
zypper services -rd
#  | Alias                                        | Name       | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI
---+----------------------------------------------+------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1 | NVIDIA                                       | NVIDIA     | Ja      | ----      | Ja      |          | ris    | dir:/usr/share/zypp/local/service/NVIDIA
   | NVIDIA:repo-non-free                         | repo-non-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/15.6
 2 | openSUSE                                     | openSUSE   | Ja      | ----      | Ja      |          | ris    | dir:/usr/share/zypp/local/service/openSUSE
   | openSUSE:repo-non-oss                        | repo-non-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss?mediahandler=curl2
 - | openSUSE:repo-non-oss-debug                  | repo-non-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss?mediahandler=curl2
   | openSUSE:repo-openh264                       | repo-ope-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://codecs.opensuse.org/openh264/openSUSE_Leap?mediahandler=curl2
   | openSUSE:repo-oss                            | repo-oss-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss?mediahandler=curl2
 - | openSUSE:repo-oss-debug                      | repo-oss-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss?mediahandler=curl2
 - | openSUSE:repo-oss-source                     | repo-oss-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/source/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss?mediahandler=curl2
   | openSUSE:update-backports                    | update-b-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/backports?mediahandler=curl2
 - | openSUSE:update-backports-debug              | update-b-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/backports_debug?mediahandler=curl2
   | openSUSE:update-non-oss                      | update-n-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/non-oss?mediahandler=curl2
 - | openSUSE:update-non-oss-debug                | update-n-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.6/non-oss?mediahandler=curl2
   | openSUSE:update-oss                          | update-o-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/oss?mediahandler=curl2
 - | openSUSE:update-oss-debug                    | update-o-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.6/oss?mediahandler=curl2
   | openSUSE:update-sle                          | update-s-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://cdn.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6/sle?mediahandler=curl2
 - | openSUSE:update-sle-debug                    | update-s-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | N/A    | http://cdn.opensuse.org/debug/update/leap/15.6/sle?mediahandler=curl2
 3 | service                                      | service    | Ja      | ----      | Ja      |          | ris    | https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:ecsos:python:applications/packages/calibre/repositories/15.6/binaries
 4 | service_1                                    | service_1  | Ja      | ----      | Ja      |          | ris    | https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:ecsos:python:applications/packages/calibre/repositories/15.6/binaries
 5 | service_2                                    | service_2  | Ja      | ----      | Ja      |          | ris    | https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:ecsos:python:applications/packages/calibre/repositories/15.6/binaries
 6 | Sauerland:mixx                               | Sauerlan-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Sauerland:/mixx/15.6/
 7 | X11:Utilities                                | X11:/Uti-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/Utilities/15.6
 8 | brave                                        | brave      | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64
 9 | download.nvidia.com-$releasever              | nVidia G-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/leap/15.6
10 | ecsos:mozilla                                | ecsos:/m-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ecsos:/mozilla/15.6/
11 | ecsos_audex                                  | ecsos au-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/ecsos/15.6
12 | ftp.gwdg.de-openSUSE_Leap_$releasever        | Packman -> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_Leap_15.6/
13 | home:aeszter_xxdiff                          | home:/ae-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/aeszter/15.6/
14 | mozilla                                      | mozilla    | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_Leap_15.6
15 | multimedia:apps_mixxx                        | multimed-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/apps/15.6/
16 | multimedia:libs                              | multimed-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/multimedia:/libs/15.6/
17 | openSUSE-Leap-15.6-1                         | openSUSE-> | Nein    | ----      | ----    |   99     | rpm-md | hd:/?device=/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Intenso_Speed_Line_17903803-0:0-part2
18 | opensuse-guide.org-openSUSE_Leap_$releasever | Libdvdcs-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/openSUSE_Leap_15.6/
19 | picoscope7                                   | picoscope7 | Ja      | ( p) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://labs.picotech.com/picoscope7/rpm
20 | repo-update-test                             | Ungetest-> | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/leap/15.6-test/
21 | science                                      | science    | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/science/15.6
22 | utilities                                    | utilities  | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/utilities/15.6
23 | vivaldi                                      | vivaldi    | Ja      | (r ) Ja   | Ja      |   99     | rpm-md | https://repo.vivaldi.com/archive/rpm/x86_64

Looks like services # 3, 4 and 5 are wrong/broken/unneeded? I don’t know where they come from, but you may decide to get rid of them. The command would be:

zypper removeservice 5 4 3

that made it - the warning is gone.
thanks

the repos `repo-non-free’ and ‘nVidia Graphics Drivers’ seem to be identical.
can one of them be removed?

They point to the same URI currently. The first comes from service ‘NVIDIA’, the second was possibly manually added.
I would keep the first (meaning I would keep service ‘NVIDIA’) and would delete the other by:

zypper removerepo 5

but think what you are doing, your list of repos and services looks like a mix and match of possibly casual tweaks to the system and I would thoroughly review and cleanup your repo list, especially wrt the home: and experimental/community repos.
You may just disable and not remove if you think that you may occasionally use them again.
Anyway it is your system and yours is the choice.

I’m confused … why do you have two different mozilla-oriented repos??

As a rule, Firefox is a default browser install for openSUSE.
Same thing for Thunderbird … both are found in the standard repos.

I would avoid using the home:/ecsos/mozilla repo.

it was just for checking one application that made a problem.
the ecsos mozilla repo is not active

the mozilla repo has the latest version, but the standard repo normally should be fine.
but once you changed, firefox refuses to go back to an older version.

Once you disable the mozilla repo,

zypper dup

or

zypper up --allow-downgrade MozillaFirefox

should update to the highest version in the oss or -update standard repo.