[NTLUG:Discuss] Need help from Suse experts

[Robert Pearson]

On 1/3/06, Russ <russ.barrows at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/3/06, Chris Cox <cjcox at acm.org> wrote:
> Any messages in /var/log/YaST2/y2log that help??
> > Russ wrote:
> > > I'm back from vacation and decided to look to see if there were
> > > updates for Suse 10.  There were two critical udpates, so I accepted
> > > them.  All was going well until my PC froze in the middle of the Java
> > > Runtime package download.
> ...[snip]...

I have had a similar problem with SuSE 9.3.
My problem occurs during the "Installation" rather than the "Download".
I get similar error messages to yours.

The fix, for me, for the "Installation" problem is to modify the
"/etc/sysconfig/onlineupdate" file.
Change the line---
YOU_USE_DELTAS=""

to read

YOU_USE_DELTAS="no"

I have had no more problems with "Installation" failures I did this.

The "Download" problem fix is to find and delete corrupted download files.
My corrupted downloads left a bad file in my home directory of---

"~/.yast2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.3/patches"

Look for files with a similar name to your failed download.
Once you get familiar with the "YOU" and "YaST2" process
the log messages will point you to the exact problem file.

I have also had problems with "Bad" youservers. I did not get
any updates for a long time. I finally ran the process manually and
discovered the "youservers" I had selected were not responding
correctly. I had to change the "youservers" on all my machines
to get updates. Eventually those quit working and now I am back
to the original except for "ops.tamu".

So far SuSE has been better for me than Fedora Core 1, 2, 3, or 4
for updates and trouble-free operation.

DISCLAIMER:
I am not an expert. I cannot explain any of this.
I just fixed the problem with a solution that works for me.
I am open to hearing about better solutions.

YMMV