I apologize if I chose the wrong forum for my question (I am a newbie here).
I relocated to a different university, and the OS they put on my computer is openSUSE 11.0. It is Intel Core Duo, if that matters.
Currently I have two problems with yast:
When trying to install the latest version of the Evolution e-mail client plus the Evolution-Exchange plugin, yast complained that it could not access several repositories, such as:
"
Download failed:
Download (curl) error for ‘http://www2.ati.com/suse/11.0/repodata/repomd.xml’
Error code: Connection failed
Error message: couldn’t connect to host
"
I tried to skip, but similar errors came up with other repositories.
Eventually yast seemed to find a repository that works.
After searching for “evolution”, I found that evolution is in fact installed, and I found a not-yet-installed evolution-exchange plugin, which I then tried to install.
Again some errors, again some repository eventually worked.
However, when trying to set up Evolution, it seemed not to now “Exchange”.
This is the current output of top:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
20068 root 35 15 221m 60m 14m D 16 3.0 474:21.67 y2base
21673 root 35 15 221m 59m 14m D 15 3.0 80:38.15 y2base
23183 root 35 15 221m 60m 14m S 14 3.0 76:34.95 y2base
646 root 35 15 221m 60m 14m R 13 3.0 71:24.43 y2base
7276 root 35 15 221m 60m 14m R 13 3.0 455:40.99 y2base
23184 root 35 15 221m 60m 14m D 12 3.0 74:05.52 y2base
18169 root 35 15 224m 63m 15m R 12 3.2 455:20.13 y2base
20067 root 35 15 221m 60m 14m R 11 3.0 483:56.88 y2base
…
In other words, there are many instances of y2base, I don’t know what they are doing, but it makes my machine useless for work.
And so on. After further download errors I got
"
Warning
There was an error in the repository initialization.
Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
History:
Trying to install evolution-exchange, I again got various download errors. After accepting the errors and skipping, it seemed to install.
But, alas, after starting Evolution, it still seemed to be impossible to connect with the Microsoft Exchange things that my university unfortunately chose to use.
I hope that the above description was detailed enough. What did I do wrong?
I guess (being a non-native speaker) I did not understand the word “systray” (which in fact is in my dictionaries). But after a google search, I guess you refer to the green icon just beside the clock. I closed it now.
But then, I don’t understand how to not let it start at reboot (this is why I disabled automatic updates).
A non-educated guess: Can it be that the computer services here at the university in Galway/Ireland block the connection to the repositories (perhaps by some firewall settings)?
It seems to me that you are behind a http proxy. If so, you have to configure it. Using YAST, for instance. Also, I think you will have to logoff and logon for changes to take effect.
Check with your local network person(s) at university for proxy settings.
by the way, I did not only logoff/logon but I rebooted.
Sorry for my lack of general knowledge, but I am not sure whether being behind a http proxy is the same as having a firewall.
My attempts were:
In the YaST Control Centre, I went to Network Services; after clicking at “Proxy”, the proxy configuration was shown, and according to it a Proxy is not enabled. Should it?
In the YaST Control Centre, I went to Security and Users, and clicked at “Firewall”. The Firewall is automatically starting, uses Dell Ethernet Controller eth0 configured in external zone, and no services are allowed in both external and demilitarized zone.
Would this explain why software update/installation does not work?
The openSUSE firewall should just be left alone unless you need to enable a specific service like ssh.
Do you have the install dvd?
You know much of what you might want is on that. Or you could even download it if it comes to that.
You need to disable all online repos and just leave the dvd enabled.
But in your opening post, you imply teh computer is provided for you?! If so I would make some enquiry about the matter.
No, I don’t have the install dvd. The computer was just given to me as is, taken from another office.
There is already a ticket from our “computer services” for my problem (originally a problem with configuring Evolution), and I now pointed out that I got the hint from openSUSE forum that the proxy settings might be the problem.
Hopefully they will give me an answer in not more than a few weeks…
I hope that I am exaggerating. But I was not exaggerating when I said that it took several days to re-establish internet connection after moving my computer to another office, that ssh access to my computer from outside is not re-established one week after moving, and that I am still not provided with an acceptable e-mail client (hence, not Microsoft Outlook Web Access) after three weeks. Although I asked, and although I would be willing to build things (say, Evolution) from source, which failed due to missing development tools that, again, I could not get with YaST.
“Not more than a few weeks” is just an extrapolation.
So, not all people are as responsive as you, and I appreciate that you are!
Thank you for your hint. But it seems it is a never ending story.
First attempt: I went to the opera download page, and while downloading I was asked whether I wish to open it with the installer. I did. Afterwards I could launch Opera, but it did not have an internet connection.
Then, I uninstalled it (rpm -e opera, if I am not mistaken) and install it by the rpm command you gave me. It said:
gauss:/home/king/bin # rpm -ihv opera-9.64.gcc4-shared-qt3.x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:opera ########################################### [100%]
Could not parse file '/usr/share/applications/amdccclesu.desktop': Key file does not have group 'Desktop Entry'
But at least I have Opera running, and I guess to establish the internet connection I have to setup (and not upset…) the proxy.
