Startup Error

[Jonny88]

When I boot my computer 9 times out of ten i'm getting this error;

System.NullReferenceException: A null value was found where an object instance was required.

Server stack trace:
at Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.PackageManager.GetUp dates (Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Catalog catalog) [0x00000]
at Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.PackageManager.GetUp dates () [0x00000]
at Novell.Zenworks.Zmd.Packaging.RemotePackageMa

I've also noticed that the auto update program isnt running, when it is running it appears as a red cross saying 'ZMD not running'

Also, the time and date are corrupt and the boot loader changed itself from the standard blue suse setup to a screen with animated penguins...

Whats going on???

[DOllaBillz217]

Run this to fix the issue you are having. This was a bug that was taken care of a while back, but it still might exist, but this should definitly fix it.

Updater "A null value was found where an object reference was required"
crash:
log on as root, then use the following commands

#killall zen-updater
#/etc/init.d/novell-zmd stop
#rm -f /var/lib/zmd/zmd.db
#/etc/init.d/novell-zmd start
#zen-updater &


Also I would Uninstall Zen updater and use OpenSUSE updater. Thats just my opinion though

[Jonny88]

Cheers, that fixed it.
I've decided to ditch the updater and use the opensuse-updater instead, it seems its already installed on my machine although I wasnt aware of it...

[scrarfussi]

Cheers, that fixed it.
I've decided to ditch the updater and use the opensuse-updater instead, it seems its already installed on my machine although I wasnt aware of it...

Uhmmm wat is the opensuse updater

[Jonny88]

Its the 'openSUSE updater aplet' installed via yast and appears to run parallel to its 'repository sources'