Well sorry bu this is complete BS, nothing has worked. I’ve tried fresh installs from different media, different mirrors on different machines. I am constantly getting Wrong Digest when I try to install/update additional software.>:(
It sure sucks
Did you find other distros that work for you?
Other than running Fedora I have only tried the openSUSE Live version – with the same results.
Funny thing, I did another fresh install, but didn’t allow the automatic update to run during the install.
The system works fine. When I run zypper update, there are no wrong digest warnings, etc ( I just didn’t allow the update to actually install any packages yet)
Are you saying Fedora is OK or not?
And you mean that the wrong digest problem happens post update in SUSE?
Are you just using zypper ?
Yep, Fedora works fine.
The reason that I want to change/learn openSUSE is that we have a 64bit server running SUSE from Novell with a support contract. No issues at all doing the install and updates using the Novell supplied version of 11.4.
There is a how to document that I am following “Perfect Server” by falko that I am following (used with the Novell version with no issues). So now I’m using the openSUSE version (even the live stream a couple times). Right about step 5, we run the “zypper update” command at this point is where all the wrong digest errors happen. The comment from my last reply comes from the fact that I did the same install again, but this time I disable DHCP on the LAN and did not assign an IP address to the card, so when it does the “automatic” update during the install, it fails and continues on. I then login run yast2 and configure the adapter. Test all my connection settings. Then if I run that same command “zypper update” I get no digest errors, it goes out and finds over 200 packages of required updates and prompts me to press y to proceed. I select no and then try to install a different package. At step 6 of this doc we install a couple utilities, so I test it now I ran yast2 -i vim, (thinking it would be quick) it installs a few packages, etc all fine no digest errors. I can run zypper update and it goes out and prompts me again to continue - no errors. At this point I stopped to leave the office for a customer call. I’m back now and will let the zypper update finish and see what happens.
So long story shortened:
- Fedora is OK.
- digest problem happens post update (I am now verifying that)
- not sure how to answer “just using zypper”, yes (after the initial install as I mentioned above)
Have you rebooted proper since the initial partial reboot? I would.
running SUSE from Novell with a support contract
Not openSUSE, but SLES or SLED?
Yep, Fedora works fine.
The reason that I want to change/learn openSUSE is that we have a 64bit
server running SUSE from Novell with a support contract. No issues at
all doing the install and updates using the Novell supplied version of
11.4.
There is a how to document that I am following “Perfect Server” by
falko that I am following (used with the Novell version with no issues).
So now I’m using the openSUSE version (even the live stream a couple
times). Right about step 5, we run the “zypper update” command at this
point is where all the wrong digest errors happen. The comment from my
last reply comes from the fact that I did the same install again, but
this time I disable DHCP on the LAN and did not assign an IP address to
the card, so when it does the “automatic” update during the install, it
fails and continues on. I then login run yast2 and configure the
adapter. Test all my connection settings. Then if I run that same
command “zypper update” I get no digest errors, it goes out and finds
over 200 packages of required updates and prompts me to press y to
proceed. I select no and then try to install a different package. At
step 6 of this doc we install a couple utilities, so I test it now I
ran yast2 -i vim, (thinking it would be quick) it installs a few
packages, etc all fine no digest errors. I can run zypper update and it
goes out and prompts me again to continue - no errors. At this point I
stopped to leave the office for a customer call. I’m back now and will
let the zypper update finish and see what happens.
So long story shortened:
- Fedora is OK.
- digest problem happens post update (I am now verifying that)
- not sure how to answer “just using zypper”, yes (after the initial
install as I mentioned above)
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On 08/10/2011 08:06 PM, knebroski wrote:
>
> The reason that I want to change/learn openSUSE is that we have a 64bit
> server running SUSE from Novell with a support contract. No issues at
> all doing the install and updates using the Novell supplied version of
> 11.4.
ok, that is not openSUSE 11.4, that is SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES) version 11
they are NOT the same…
> There is a how to document that I am following “Perfect Server” by
> falko that I am following (used with the Novell version with no issues).
i am not familiar with that document…but, apparently it is written
for SLES and not openSUSE, so i wouldn’t be at all surprised if you
are using a document written for SLES which causes unexpected problems
on openSUSE 11.4
they are not the same.
don’t try to use openSUSE repos, guides, how-tos, docs, etc etc on your
SLES, and vice versa…
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DD
Caveat-Hardware-Software
openSUSE®, the “German Engineered Automobiles” of operating systems!
I have rebooted, and as far as I can tell during the right times.
Actually the document is written for openSUSE 11.4, including where to get the downloads from (downloads.openSUSE.org).
I don’t think I’m changing repos or anything like that, I am using all of the defaults other than installing additional programs/utilities after the initial load. I’ve looked at the howto docs here which are almost identical to the ones that I got off of “www.howtoforge.com”, and have followed the ones from here to a “T”, I went over then several times, I absolutly did not leave anything out, did not skip a step and went out of my way to verify all checksums and DVD or CD quality. I have done this or the LIVE install 25 times now and except for the last time when I did not allow the automatic update that is part of the automatic configuration step run I have gotten the same basic wrong digest errors. I admit that I am a newbie to the openSUSE platform (that’s why I’m here – to LEARN), but I am in no way a newbie to doing installs or following properly written procedures, I’ve been in the IT support world for over 20 years starting back when there were no home PC’s so I think I’m smart enough to figure out I can’t use one with the other, etc Novell’s SLES and openSUSE from what I’m told have more in common than SUSE and Fedora. Sorry to blast as I know this is all volunteer help, but I can see I’m getting no where with this.
I did not allow the automatic update that is part of the automatic configuration
No updates take place during the autoconfig and there is no option to allow them
The autoconfig takes place after the post install reboot. After which you can finally login. Once I login, it is my practice to do a reboot properly before doing anything else.
The open Yast Software Management and do this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Software%20Management/system_update.png
You will find some packages already added when your First open Software Management.
If you only have 2.7 GB for root, I would like to see the output of
df -h
It crossed my mind that I saw a lot of “digest” errors on a system that simply had a full root filesystem.
Look carefully
I made the same error in my mind
root /dev/sda2 7.GB
But even 7 gigs is small depending on what you install. Mine has 7.7gig and I have not installed very much. The tmp space may just be running out.
Then perhaps don’t create a separate /home
Just swap and /
You are not the only one having this problem.
I have tried everything suggested here and elsewhere and have had no success.
Some people have suggested that being behind a firewall (proxy server), as is the case in most companies, is the problem.
I can reach the repository websites via a browser, but can’t get updates/software through the package manager.
I haven’t found any information about what could be blocked (ports, protocols, etc.).
Anyone have any ideas?
John Vinton
email: [email]john.vinton@spansion.com[/email]I’m having the same issue with a fresh install of 11.4 off of the main DVD and Net Install CD. For both methods, I get the “Wrong Digest” error during the installation.
I’ve validated the MD5/SHA1 sums for both ISOs. I am going through a proxy server, as there seems to be some indication that the problem has some relation to proxy interactions. However, I do not have an option to not use the proxy.
This error is rather frustrating as it’s preventing me from getting some test machines/VM’s setup.
On 09/07/2011 10:56 PM, swickjm wrote:
>
> I am going through a
> proxy server, as there seems to be some indication that the problem has
> some relation to proxy interactions. However, I do not have an option
> to not use the proxy.
-=welcome=- new poster…
on the download page <http://software.opensuse.org/114/en> is a link to
“Download Help” <http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help> where hidden
under “Troubleshooting downloads” is
Some proxies are configured not to allow FTP access. If you are using a
proxy, download from an HTTP mirror site instead.
so perhaps Mirror Brain <http://en.opensuse.org/MirrorBrain> is
selecting from its mirrors <http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mirrors> an
FTP site for you and you need to instead, select to download via an http
site listed here http://mirrors.opensuse.org/ by populating your YaST >
Software Repositories with direct links to http sites
on the other hand, you may have a completely different problem, but we
won’t know until you have ruled out the potential FTP problem…
oh, and further investigation might be fruitful…there are several
other threads and mentions of Wrong Digest found here:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aopensuse.org+“Wrong+Digest”
and, i would suggest while waiting for a real guru * you could
look at those, and very strongly suggest instead of an
i-have-the-same-problem tacked onto a multi-faceted thread, please begin
your own thread with your own specific info (like, are you trying to
net-install into a vm? then, maybe yours is a problem particular to VM,
which are you using? what is the host system? etc etc etc and and why is
there both a DVD and net-install CD involved–that is what is the exact
circumstance in which you get this error…and when in the process are
you seeing this error, right at the beginning of the install, or during
the update section of the install script, or maybe after the first boot
or or or )
a little more info might be helpful to the helpers…
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DD
Caveat-Hardware-Software-
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
*
Thank you Denver,
To answer your questions, I posted as a reply here because after a few hours of searching and reading and found this thread to be the most similar to my problem. Some tech support forums prefer similar problems to be in the same thread rather than posting new threads (I probably should have looked for a new posters thread before posting).
Our proxy does permit FTP downloads through it, but if the updater trying traditional FTP rather than PASV FTP, I can see that there might be a problem there in relation to FTP downloads.
The first time I get the “Wrong Digest” error is during the installation when the installer first tries to go and get updates. I was trying the net install CD to see if there happened to be any difference between the normal install DVD and the net install CD that would allow one to work but not the other. I tried installing it in VMware Workstation 7 (not using Easy Install) with an Ubuntu 10.04 x64 host and on an ESX 4.1 server.
I am currently trying a new install to see if I can set the installer to go to a specific mirror, rather than the default one and I’ll post/update with the results of that.
I’ve mostly finished two installs and here are my results:
DVD Install:
No VMWare easy install and deselected the auto configure during installation. Once I got to the network configuration portion, I entered my proxy settings, but got the “Wrong Digest” error during the “Internet Connection Test” portion of the install. Selected “No” for all the errors and once I got to the desktop, I changed the enabled repositories to RIT’s HTTP mirror (Index of /opensuse/) and disabled the DVD repo. After that I was able to update the package manager with out any errors and install the available updates for the system.
I’ll do some searching on my own on this as well, but is there any way to set the repository to download from during installation rather than using the default? Since it is now obvious that it doesn’t cooperate with a good number proxies.
Net Install:
I provided the RIT mirror and Proxy information to the net installer at the boot selection and was able to proceed through installation just fine until it got to the Network Configuration/Internet Connection Test portion. Once it got there, it no longer knew about the proxy or the specific download source provided during the initial setup. I would think that since I provided a proxy and different download source during the initial setup, I would want to continue using those settings after the base install. However, that’s an issue that is beyond the scope of this post/thread.
Given that this is definitely a proxy related issue, setting a manual mirror for zypp when using a proxy is a caveat that may be worthwile putting into the installation FAQ/Tips for when someone encounters errors. It wasn’t something that immediately came to mind given that I didn’t have any issues downloading the ISOs.
Thank you for prodding me in the right direction.
On 09/08/2011 04:26 PM, swickjm wrote:
>
> To answer your questions, I posted as a reply here because after a few
> hours of searching and reading and found this thread to be the most
> similar to my problem. Some tech support forums prefer similar problems
> to be in the same thread rather than posting new threads (I probably
> should have looked for a new posters thread before posting).
most of the most prolific posters here think it is better to begin a
new thread…
> Our proxy does permit FTP downloads through it, but if the updater
> trying traditional FTP rather than PASV FTP, I can see that there might
> be a problem there in relation to FTP downloads.
i don’t know enough about either to know if you should expect problems,
or not-
> The first time I get the “Wrong Digest” error is during the
> installation when the installer first tries to go and get updates. I
> was trying the net install CD to see if there happened to be any
> difference between the normal install DVD and the net install CD that
> would allow one to work but not the other.
ok…i believe the users is given the opportunity to choose whether to
have that update during install or not…(if they have not taken that
decision out) you might elect to skip the update, let the install script
finish and then load up direct addresses to nearby http mirrors in
YaST > Software repositories…just for oss, non-oss, update, and
packman…and, disable the repo pointed at the DVD…and then use
YaST > Online Updater to seek updates…
there will be a LOT of them, including a kernel update…i’d recommend
you accept them all and take a walk (or nap)…and, when finished reboot…
depending on your video you may need to read here to know how to deal
with the “black screen” during the first post-update boot:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Configuring_graphics_cards#1st_thing_to_try_.28nomodeset.29
> I tried installing it in
> VMware Workstation 7 (not using Easy Install) with an Ubuntu 10.04 x64
> host and on an ESX 4.1 server.
i have no experience with that VM, but maybe there is something in the
setup of the VM that is “messing with” the ability of the installer to
fetch…
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DD
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