SLES SP 2 Update Boot Hangs on loading yast2

SUSE Product Topics SLES Updates
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After updating from SLES 11 SP1 (x64) to SP2 via DVD, the boot stops on loading yast2. Pressing “ctrl-C” makes it continue with no ill effects, seemingly. We’re using it to run ZENworks 11.2.2, with a local Sybase database. This area is certainly not a strength of mine. Where do I need to look to see why this is happening? If someone wants to see some log files, simply let me know.

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Hi
Stopping on YaST on the console during boot?, that sounds like the auto
configuration didn’t complete after the update…

There are logs down in /var/log/YaST2 which may indicate the error.

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop
up 4 days 2:16, 4 users, load average: 0.17, 0.18, 0.11
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

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Here’s a bit from the \var\logs\y2log

2012-12-07 11:22:19 <0> linux(26785) [scr] ScriptingAgent.cc(parseConfigFiles):91 Can’t open directory /y2update/scrconf for reading: No such file or directory
2012-12-07 11:22:19 <0> linux(26785) [scr] ScriptingAgent.cc(Sweep):436 Scripting agent searching SCRs in /root/.yast2/scrconf
2012-12-07 11:22:19 <0> linux(26785) [scr] ScriptingAgent.cc(parseConfigFiles):86 Y2SCRComponent::parseConfigFiles (/root/.yast2/scrconf)
2012-12-07 11:22:19 <0> linux(26785) [scr] ScriptingAgent.cc(parseConfigFiles):91 Can’t open directory /root/.yast2/scrconf for reading: No such file or directory
2012-12-07 11:22:19 <0> linux(26785) [scr] ScriptingAgent.cc(Sweep):436 Scripting agent searching SCRs in /usr/share/YaST2/scrconf
2012-12-07 11:22:19 <0> linux(26785) [scr] ScriptingAgent.cc(parseConfigFiles):86 Y2SCRComponent::parseConfigFiles (/usr/share/YaST2/scrconf)

and

YaST2/ProductFeatures.
2012-12-07 11:22:21 <3> linux(26785) [agent-ini] IniParser.cc(getTimeStamp):923 Unable to stat ‘/etc/YaST2/ProductFeatures’: No such file or directory
2012-12-07 11:22:21 <3> linux(26785) [agent-ini] IniParser.cc(getTimeStamp):923 Unable to stat ‘/etc/YaST2/ProductFeatures’: No such file or directory
2012-12-07 11:22:21 <2> linux(26785) [agent-ini] IniParser.cc(UpdateIfModif):906 Data file ‘/etc/YaST2/ProductFeatures’ was changed externaly!
2012-12-07 11:22:21 <3> linux(26785) [agent-ini] IniParser.cc(parse):554 Can not open /etc/YaST2/ProductFeatures.

I’m not sure if these items are helpful, and these were the only references to yast2 in a couple of log files that seemed suspect to me. This problem isn’t critical but it sure is annoying.

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Hi
If you use zypper from the command line, I wonder if it’s missed some
YaST updates…

zypper ref
zypper lu

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop
up 15:56, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.05
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

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[QUOTE=malcolmlewis;10654]Hi
If you use zypper from the command line, I wonder if it’s missed some
YaST updates…

zypper ref
zypper lu

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64) Kernel 3.4.11-2.16-desktop
up 15:56, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.05
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU[/QUOTE]

Didn’t look like any of the updates were yast related, just some new ones. I’ll restart the server a little later, just in case.