Cannot update

[Kelpie]

I am new to Linux and for a while my system was automatically updating. Now when it says there are updates available, it cannot find any repositories. Anyone know what's up?

[gogalthorp]

List the current repositories
open a konsole and type

zypper lr -d

post results here.

[Kelpie]

Here is what it did in Konsole.

#  | Alias                                                                       | Name                                                                        | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                         | Service                                                                             
---+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------                                                                             
1  | http-download.opensuse.org-65da7c1b                                         | Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0                                                 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /update/11.2                                   |                                                                                     
2  | Index of /repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.2           | Index of /repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.2           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/Education/openSUSE_11.2           |
3  | Index of /repositories/GNOME:/Factory/openSUSE_11.2      | Index of /repositories/GNOME:/Factory/openSUSE_11.2      | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/GNOME:/Factory/openSUSE_11.2      |
4  | Index of /repositories/YaST:/Head/openSUSE_11.2          | Index of /repositories/YaST:/Head/openSUSE_11.2          | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/YaST:/Head/openSUSE_11.2          |
5  | Index of /repositories/home:/cornelisbb/openSUSE_11.2    | Index of /repositories/home:/cornelisbb/openSUSE_11.2    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/home:/cornelisbb/openSUSE_11.2    |
6  | Index of /repositories/home:/edogawa/openSUSE_11.2       | Index of /repositories/home:/edogawa/openSUSE_11.2       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /repositories/home:/edogawa/openSUSE_11.2       |
7  | http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...USE_11.2+KDE43 | http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...USE_11.2+KDE43 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/reposit...USE_11.2+KDE43 |
8  | Index of /suse/11.2                                       | Index of /suse/11.2                                       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | Index of /suse/11.2                                       |
9  | openSUSE 11.2-0                                                             | openSUSE 11.2-0                                                             | Yes     | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///                                                                      |
10 | repo-debug                                                                  | openSUSE-11.2-Debug                                                         | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | Index of /debug/distribution/11.2/repo/oss              |
11 | repo-non-oss                                                                | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss                                                       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | Index of /distribution/11.2/repo/non-oss                |
12 | repo-oss                                                                    | openSUSE-11.2-Oss                                                           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | Index of /distribution/11.2/repo/oss                    |
13 | repo-source                                                                 | openSUSE-11.2-Source                                                        | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | Index of /source/distribution/11.2/repo/oss             |

[gogalthorp]

the update repo seems to be missing. Also you have a lot of active repos. This can lead to mixed packages and dependencies and can lead to an instable system. Nothing wrong with installing packages but if it is not from a base repo you need to disable or remove otherwise you may get incorrect libraries installed.

[mikesd]

the update repo seems to be missing. Also you have a lot of active repos. This can lead to mixed packages and dependencies and can lead to an instable system. Nothing wrong with installing packages but if it is not from a base repo you need to disable or remove otherwise you may get incorrect libraries installed.

I see he has a Gnome factory repo in there. On opensuse's site they tell you that Factory and regular repos don't always get along.

I suggest forgoing the factory and stick with regular repos. Especially as a new guy.

[Kelpie]

Ok. I'll go through and remove the repos that I don't need and see what happens.

Thanks,

[Kelpie]

Well, I got rid of some of the repositories and it seems to have updated for now.

Thanks,

[mikesd]

Well, I got rid of some of the repositories and it seems to have updated for now.

Thanks,

I'm glad it worked, but do keep in mind in the future that factory repos are bleeding age and could break regular repos. Also, you should keep the repos to the ones you need to keep any conflicts to a minimum. Also keeps refresh quick.