Re: [SLE] Several problems with a 10.1 install.

Thanks for this information Don.

Unfortunately I've already done same updates it seems with the other system so
I don't just get two packages for updating.

I did look in the archive and found a thread that talked about getting a heap
of packages from (Message-Id: <200609031154.29350.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>)

I did this but now unfortunately I'm getting package errors with that method
as well (lots of failed dependencies).

Should I just install again and try afresh or is there another method?

Ta.

Peter.

On Friday 29 September 2006 10:37, Don Raboud wrote:
On Thursday 28 September 2006 18:06, Peter Nunn wrote:
Folks,

I've just installed open 10.1 and am having a heap of problems with it.

I tried installing the suse nvidia drivers and that's resulted in a blank
screen each time, so I've gone to fail safe and changed the xorg.conf
back to the original one.

I try to update the packages and get dependency conflicts that I can't
resolve (particularly patch:libzypp-1533-0.noarch) that I can't not
install.

Software Manager thinks it starts but nothing shows up on the screen...

Very annoying as I really want my company to move away from Red Hat and
Windows to SUSE, but not a really good demo at this stage.

Any ideas anyone? Especially on the software manager. Because that's
not working I had to install the nvidia drivers using rpm, so that may be
the problem there I guess.

Yeah, there are severe problems with the updater as distributed, and it
needs to be patched to be even useable. This has been **much** discussed
and you might want to check out the archives. However,...

Have you added an update repository yet? If not do that first.

YaST -> Online Update Configuration (warning - this may take a while)

or enter one directly using

YaST -> Installation Source (which may take slightly less time)

After that, the first update *must* be done with YOU (YaST -> Online
Update). Only two packages should be selected by default. Just accept what
is offered.

After that repeat the process, accepting only what YOU offers. It might
seem like nothing happened once or twice, just keep repeating the process.
After the second or third time, many patches will be offered. At this
point the update system is useable and works pretty well. You can can now
use YOU or zen/zmd (the orange globe) or rug (command line interface to
zmd) to do the updates. Alternatively, many people seem to bypass all of
these and use smart, but I haven't tried that so I won't comment.

As far as the nvidia drivers go, you can add an installation source in YaST
which should take care of things automatically (I don't have the address
handy). Alternatively, you can drop down to run level 3 and as root type

'tiny-nvidia-installer --update' (without the quotes)

and follow the directions. After that stops, run

'sax2 -r -m 0=nvidia'

change settings as required and save. If the test looks good, go back to
run level 5 and you should be OK. This requires the kernel sources and gcc
to be installed, and the process must be repeated after a kernel update.

Good luck!

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Don

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