Failed registration/update, SLED 11 SP2 x64

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop SLED Updates
1

Greetings,

New install of SLED 11 SP2, trials to have it registered to received updates been done several time,

  • registration while installing
  • registration after having it installed
  • automatically, and manually same results, and yes I removed the system and made sure the software was assigned it to it after the “registration” in novell.com/center.

#zypper lr -d
localhost:~ # zypper lr -d

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

–±--------------------------------------------------±--------------------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±-------------------------------------------±-------
1 | ATI-Driver-SLE11-SP2 | ATI-Driver-SLE11-SP2 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://www2.ati.com/suse/sle11sp2 |
2 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11-SP2 11.2.2-1.193 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11-SP2 11.2.2-1.193 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 |
3 | nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2 | nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2 | Yes | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp2 |

# suse_register -a regcode-sled=’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ -a email=’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ -a moniker=’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’ -L .suse_register.log

All services have been refreshed.
Retrieving repository ‘ATI-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ metadata [.done]
Building repository ‘ATI-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ cache […done]
Retrieving repository ‘nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ metadata [.error]
Repository ‘nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ is invalid.
[|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository ‘nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ because of the above error.
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.
Ignored(34)
All services have been refreshed.
Repository ‘ATI-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ is up to date.
Retrieving repository ‘nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ metadata [.error]
Repository ‘nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ is invalid.
[|] Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Skipping repository ‘nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2’ because of the above error.
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.
Ignored(34)
Registration finished successfully

Any idea of what wrong I’m doing?

Thanks.

2

Are you still seeing a problem?

Is that the full list of repos you have?

3

re-installed today,

localhost:~ # zypper lr -d

| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service

–±--------------------------------------------------±--------------------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±-------------------------------------------±-------
1 | ATI-Driver-SLE11-SP2 | ATI-Driver-SLE11-SP2 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://www2.ati.com/suse/sle11sp2 |
2 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11-SP2 11.2.2-1.193 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11-SP2 11.2.2-1.193 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0 |
3 | nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2 | nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP2 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp2 |

yes, that’s the full list of repos after registration/update today. I genuinely believe it’s SUSE’s problem, in process of convincing IT to switch back to RHEL; although their ‘registration process’ can be slow but never inconsistent.

4

Well you should get more than those three repos listed after registering. You’ve not obviously doing anything wrong. I tried registering a machine with suse_register using the command you posted and it worked. Have you tried registering using Novell Customer Centre Configuration module in YaST?

Are you using an evaluation code or one you’ve purchased?

5

Using ‘purchased’ code, tried both YaST and that command exact same result, nevertheless, in Novell Customer Centre software is assigned to the system.

6

If you go to https://secure-www.novell.com/center/eservice/ can you submit a Service Request? Should be a link on the left hand side for ‘Submit New SR’.

7

Entitlement: There are no valid support entitlements associated with this account. Please select another account or contact a Novell representative for more information.

8

Hi naltam,

Can you please forward me your registration details to hvdheuvel [at] novell.com please ?
I have to inform you I cannot fix this myself, but can have the appropriate people look at what goes wrong here.

Thanks
Hans

9

Thanks, details have been forwarded.

upon clicking on License details, I found this,

Kinda hilarious, thought of sharing it.

10

Problem solved, thanks to Mr HvdHeuvel.