Re: SuSE Sparc 7.3 Online Update

Thanks for the help, that seemed to do the trick for both problems.
-peter
On Friday 13 September 2002 08:39 am, Schaefer, Robert (PS) wrote:
> I'm attaching an e-mail I received a while ago about very similar problems,
> maybe this will help you.  I never quite got around to trying the fixes as
> other things kept creeping up and it just sits on my to-do list to try out.
> Anyway, here's the e-mail I had lying around, its from Jonathan Zimmerman
>
> [[email protected]]:
> >After installing 7.3 on a SS5 a few times, as well as doing some poking
>
> around,
>
> >here's what I've come up with:
> >
> >1.  The online update facility in Yast2 determines the distribution
> > version from /var/lib/YaST/update.inf.  If you look on your machine,
> > you'll
>
> probably
>
> >note the file doesn't exist.  Here's how to create it:  insert CD1, then
>
> run
>
> >"/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/create_update_inf /cdrom/suse/setup/descr"... this
>
> should
>
> >create update.inf and allow you to use the online update feature.
> >
> >2.  The CD version warning you receive is probably because of corrupt
>
> information
>
> >under /var/adm/current_package_descr/.  Here's how to correct that:
> >
> >again, insert CD1.
> >rm -f /var/adm/current_package_descr/.S.u.S.E*
> >rm -rf /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/descr
> >mkdir -p /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/descr
> >rm -rf /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/du
> >mkdir -p /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/du
> >
> >cp /cdrom/suse/setup/descr/common.*
>
> /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/descr
>
> >cp /cdrom/suse/setup/descr/info
>
> /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/descr
>
> >cp /cdrom/suse/setup/descr/english.*
>
> /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/descr
>
> >cp /cdrom/suse/setup/descr/update.in_
>
> /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/descr
>
> >cp /cdrom/suse/setup/descr/en_US.*
>
> /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/descr
>
> >cp /cdrom/suse/setup/du/du.dir
> > /var/adm/current_package_descr/suse/setup/du
> >
> >cp /cdrom/.S.u.S.E* /var/adm/current_package_descr
> >
> >The only problem I've had with this is... when I install packages, I see
>
> loads
>
> >of warnings in the /var/log/y2log about undefined functions
>
> SlideShowCyclicDisplayUpdate()
>
> >and SlideShowProcessButtonPress(), and I don't see any textual information
>
> as
>
> >packages are installed.
> >
> >If you apply these fixes and see the same behavior I noted here, please
> > let me know (either way, actually)... maybe it is a problem with my
>
> installation,
>
> >rather than the fixes I've described above.
> >
> >Jonathan Zimmerman
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Loveman [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 9:17 AM
> To: Richard E. Robbins; 'Lamar Owen'
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] SuSE Sparc 7.3 Online Update
>
>
> I get the same error no matter which host I try.  I wonder if there could
> be
>
> some version issues in yast2 with 7.3.  Since I installed it, when I try
> and
>
> install more packages each time it asks for a different CD it complains
> about
> the version number not being quite right.  Since I'm assuming it's
> dependant
>
> on the version number to find the patches dir, maybe the problems are
> related.  Any thoughts?
> -peter
>
> On Thursday 12 September 2002 07:36 pm, Richard E. Robbins wrote:
> > I am stumped.  No matter what I do, I get an error indicating that the
> > system was unable to get the patches from the server.  My system seems
> > to connect to the server on the network and then immediately reports
> > that some unidentified file has not been found on the server.
> >
> > Any thoughts as to how to proceed?
> >
> > -- Rich
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lamar Owen [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 10:43 AM
> > To: Richard E. Robbins
> > Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] SuSE Sparc 7.3 Online Update
> >
> > On Sunday 08 September 2002 11:11 pm, Richard E. Robbins wrote:
> > > I can't seem to get YaST2 to locate the list of updated packages.
> > > What server and directory should I use?  Is ftp.suse.com and /pub/suse
> > >
> > > correct?
> >
> > I use on three machines:
> > ftp.leo.org
> > /pub/comp/os/unix/linux/suse/suse
> >
> > This is one of the default choices, and it works (as of five minutes
> > ago).
> >
> > >  Does it matter if I run YaST2 while logged in as root on my Sparc?
> >
> > Yes.  You must actually log in as root -- at least over an ssh tunnel
> > su'ing
> > to root does not work.