(By way of introduction, I’m a longtime Mandriva & CentOS user looking to possibly become an OpenSuse user, so I’m not a complete Linux noob except wrt OpenSUSE, but there are some roadblocks… help me to get Borged…)
Specifically, after installing OpenSUSE 11.4 (64-bit ed) from DVD to a partition, trying to update it gets stuck partway during loading some delta rpm. Some do get loaded, some not. I have tried changing repositories, does not help. Eg currently it is hanging at http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/timezone-2011b_2011g-1.2.1_0.2.1.x86_64.delta.rpm. The download looks like it starts, but then the “speed indicator” goes down to zero after 57% loaded.
(Sorry for not posting the entire zypper log, since it is in Finnish localization). I have also tried the GUI way (although I very much like the command line), but it apparently has the same problem.
The strange thing is that network otherwise appears to work fine, eg web pages load.
Anyone seen something similar?
(I hope this is not a case of not being able to apply a fix to correct a known problem, because the bug is in the program meant to apply the fix…)
Hi, welcome here.
If you use “su -” instead of “su”, still no english output?
If the problem’s only there for delta rpms, you could (temporarily) work around it by changing this line in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf:
download.use_deltarpm = false
to
download.use_deltarpm = true
hey, and a warm welcome here
If it’s a new install, make sure you reboot proper - post the initial partial reboot after install.
Thanks for a fast response. Apparently deltarpm is not the problem. Disabling it just caused the corresponding non-delta rpm to get stuck. You are right, “su -” gets rid of the localization. This is what zypper prints in English:
linux-hy6r:~ # zypper update
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
The following package updates will NOT be installed:
gstreamer-0_10 gstreamer-0_10-plugin-gnomevfs gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good k3b kaffeine
libgstapp-0_10-0 libgstinterfaces-0_10-0 libgstreamer-0_10-0 libgstreamer-0_10-0-32bit libwavpack1 linphone
mjpegtools python-numpy taglib
The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-lang ktorrent-lang libktorrent3-lang tar-lang
The following package is going to be REMOVED:
libktcore12
The following packages are going to be upgraded:
Mesa ModemManager MozillaFirefox MozillaFirefox-translations-common NetworkManager NetworkManager-glib
SuSEfirewall2 aaa_base aaa_base-extras alsa at bootsplash bootsplash-branding-openSUSE cron cronie cups cups-client
cups-libs cups-libs-32bit desktop-translations dhcp dhcp-client dhcpcd dosfstools flash-player
ghostscript-fonts-other ghostscript-fonts-std ghostscript-library ghostscript-x11 gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good
gtk2-data gtk2-immodule-amharic gtk2-immodule-inuktitut gtk2-immodule-thai gtk2-immodule-vietnamese gtk2-tools
gtk2-tools-32bit insserv kdebase4-openSUSE kdebase4-runtime-branding-openSUSE kdebase4-workspace-branding-openSUSE
kdelibs4 kdelibs4-branding-openSUSE kdelibs4-core kdm-branding-openSUSE kernel-desktop kio_sysinfo
kio_sysinfo-branding-openSUSE krb5 krb5-32bit ktorrent libasound2 libasound2-32bit libcairo2 libcairo2-32bit
libgimpprint libgpod-tools libgpod4 libgtk-2_0-0 libgtk-2_0-0-32bit libkde4 libkdecore4 libksuseinstall1
libktorrent3 libmodplug0 libpolkit0 libpulse-browse0 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulse0 libpulse0-32bit
libpython2_7-1_0 libreoffice-libs-gui libtiff3 libtiff3-32bit libusbmuxd1 libzip1 logrotate mingetty mozilla-js20
mozilla-xulrunner20 mozilla-xulrunner20-gnome mozilla-xulrunner20-translations-common mtools openSUSE-release
openvpn perl perl-base perl-libwww-perl permissions polkit postfix preload-kmp-desktop pullin-flash-player
pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat pulseaudio-module-bluetooth pulseaudio-module-jack pulseaudio-module-lirc
pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-module-zeroconf pulseaudio-utils python python-base python-xml rdesktop
release-notes-openSUSE rsync rsyslog sane-backends sane-backends-autoconfig smolt smolt-gui sysvinit sysvinit-tools
tar timezone timezone-java tk translation-update translation-update-fi udisks usbmuxd xorg-x11 xorg-x11-Xvnc
xorg-x11-driver-video xorg-x11-server xorg-x11-xauth yast2-bootloader yast2-control-center yast2-control-center-qt
yast2-ldap-client yast2-qt yast2-trans-fi
The following product is going to be reinstalled:
openSUSE 11.4
133 packages to upgrade, 4 new, 1 to remove.
Overall download size: 155.7 MiB. After the operation, additional 20.6 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Do you agree with the terms of the license? [yes/no] (no): y
Do you agree with the terms of the license? [yes/no] (no): y
Retrieving package timezone-2011g-0.2.1.x86_64 (1/137), 325.0 KiB (1.3 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: timezone-2011g-0.2.1.x86_64.rpm [error (6 B/s)]
Timeout exceeded when accessing 'http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/timezone-2011g-0.2.1.x86_64.rpm'.
Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (r):
Trying again...
Retrieving: timezone-2011g-0.2.1.x86_64.rpm [73% (0 B/s)]
As to rebooting which the second responder asked about, this machine has been
rebooted many time since the install.
Could you post output of:
zypper lr -d
Try booting to level 3 and login as root
Then run
zypper up
then when done reboot
Some also solved this by booting to Failsafe mode
or download the file in question with firefox and install manually
timezone-2011g-0.2.1.x86_64.rpm
Booting at runlevel 3 did not make any difference.
This is increasingly looking like a network or driver problem of some kind, because trying to fetch
the file in question with wget gets stuck when 108k of that 325k file has been fetched.
As if longer file transfers fail, although I can use the web (writing this on the system in question!).
Also, the Mandriva installation on the other partition has no such problems. The network is an
8mbs ADSL modem, connected with cable.
Tried to put the dmesg output below, but the forum software complains it makes the posting too long.
here is lspci output instead
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74)
00:0a.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
00:0a.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [Audio Port] (rev 05)
00:0a.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
00:0a.4 Multimedia controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [IR Port] (rev 05)
00:0d.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 PRO] (Secondary) (rev 01)
ifconfig says
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:03:BE:7B:08
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::201:3ff:febe:7b08/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:4198 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3605 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5014249 (4.7 Mb) TX bytes:484640 (473.2 Kb)
Interrupt:16 Base address:0x4000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:748 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:748 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:54776 (53.4 Kb) TX bytes:54776 (53.4 Kb)
Can you download this
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/rpm/x86_64/timezone-2011g-0.2.1.x86_64.rpm
And install
?
On 2011-05-31 21:36, ruohtula wrote:
>
> (By way of introduction, I’m a longtime Mandriva & CentOS user looking
> to possibly become an OpenSuse user, so I’m not a complete Linux noob
> except wrt OpenSUSE, but there are some roadblocks… help me to get
> Borged…)
> Specifically, after installing OpenSUSE 11.4 (64-bit ed) from DVD to a
> partition, trying to update it gets stuck partway during loading some
> delta rpm. Some do get loaded, some not. I have tried changing
> repositories, does not help. Eg currently it is hanging at
> http://tinyurl.com/3q2jw4o. The download looks like it starts, but then
> the “speed indicator” goes down to zero after 57% loaded.
Do you have a network card type 3C905CX-TX/TM Fast ethernet link (3c59x
driver)?
If yes, see https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688454
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 “Emerald” at Telcontar)
It looks like a very similar card, although not exactly that. From “/etc/init.d/network restart” output:
eth0 device: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 74)
After doing the
rmmod 3c59x ; modprobe 3c59x debug=6
command mentioned in the bug report, and restarting networking, I could finally wget the timezone RPM.
So it seems I have exactly the same problem,except that I have a 64-bit system, and a posting in the bug thread seem to indicate the problem was seen only on the 32-bit version. But that could be because of some small hardware difference. Since the symptoms and workaround match completely, I would say it is the same issue. I will watch that bug report, and hope someone comes up with a fix. Also must try to make the modprobe workaround part of booting.
Thanks for everyone for replies!
On 2011-06-03 04:06, ruohtula wrote:
> So it seems I have exactly the same problem,except that I have a 64-bit
> system, and a posting in the bug thread seem to indicate the problem was
> seen only on the 32-bit version. But that could be because of some small
> hardware difference. Since the symptoms and workaround match completely,
> I would say it is the same issue. I will watch that bug report, and hope
> someone comes up with a fix. Also must try to make the modprobe
> workaround part of booting.
Please add your info to the bug report. Ah, you did already, good 
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)