updating a lot of packages broke system in many places

System1 · November 28, 2011, 2:06am

Hello,

after updating a lot of pending packages on my hp 625 with SLED11sp1 I
have the following symptoms:

Touchpad settings are not obeyed: Although I have set high sensitivty
(speed), the mouse speed is normal (low).
automounting of CDs and USB sticks fails with “IsUserPrivileged()
failed”
only option to leave the system is shutdown (reboot is grayed out,
hibernate and suspend don’t even appear) Pressing the power button
doesn’t do anything, I have to shutdown with the menu.
I havent looked what might be also different from before…

I don’t really know where to start looking…I probably don’t give
enough information for you to post a solution, so please help me
investigating further…

Til

zypper verify stumbles over :
Problem: gdm = 2.28.0 benÃ¶tigt von gdm-lang-2.28.0-2.3.3.noarch wird
nirgends zur VerfÃ¼gung gestellt

my repositories are (I deactivated #3 because it gave error messages)
tc@dings:~> zypper lr

| Alias | Name

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system · November 28, 2011, 3:57pm

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:06:01 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
[color=blue]

Hello,

after updating a lot of pending packages on my hp 625 with SLED11sp1 I
have the following symptoms:

Touchpad settings are not obeyed: Although I have set high
sensitivty (speed), the mouse speed is normal (low).

automounting of CDs and USB sticks fails with “IsUserPrivileged()
failed”

only option to leave the system is shutdown (reboot is grayed out,
hibernate and suspend don’t even appear) Pressing the power button
doesn’t do anything, I have to shutdown with the menu.

I havent looked what might be also different from before…

I don’t really know where to start looking…I probably don’t give
enough information for you to post a solution, so please help me
investigating further…

Til

zypper verify stumbles over :
Problem: gdm = 2.28.0 benÃ¶tigt von gdm-lang-2.28.0-2.3.3.noarch wird
nirgends zur VerfÃ¼gung gestellt

my repositories are (I deactivated #3 because it gave error messages)
tc@dings:~> zypper lr

| Alias |

Name | Aktiviert | Aktualisierung
—±------------------------------------------±---------------------------------±----------±--------------
1 | ATI-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1 |
ATI-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1 | Ja | Ja
2 | Broadcom-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1 |
Broadcom-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1 | Ja | Ja
3 | LSI-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1 |
LSI-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1 | Nein | Nein
4 | OSS_11.2 | OSS
11.2 | Nein | Nein
5 | Printing |
Printing | Ja | Ja
6 | Publishing_SLE_11 | Publishing
SLE_11 | Ja | Ja
7 | Update_11.3 | Update
11.3 | Nein | Nein
8 | Wine_Stable_SLED | Wine Stable
SLED | Ja | Ja
9 | nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP1 |
nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP1 | Ja | Ja
10 | non-OSS | non-OSS
11.3 | Nein | Nein
11 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Pool |
SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Pool | Nein | Nein
12 | nu_novell_com:SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Updates |
SLE11-SP1-Debuginfo-Updates | Nein | Nein
13 | nu_novell_com:SLED11-Extras |
SLED11-Extras | Ja | Ja
14 | nu_novell_com:SLED11-SP1-HP-BNB-Updates |
SLED11-SP1-HP-BNB-Updates | Ja | Ja
15 | nu_novell_com:SLED11-SP1-Pool |
SLED11-SP1-Pool | Ja | Ja
16 | nu_novell_com:SLED11-SP1-Updates |
SLED11-SP1-Updates | Ja | Ja
17 | packman |
packman | Ja | Ja
18 | packman-ffgtk |
packman-ffgtk | Ja | Ja
tc@dings:~>

[/color]
Hi
Remove (disable) all the no standard repositories (esp the 11.3 ones)
and try a zypper ref then zypper lu.

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up 13:12, 3 users, load average: 0.04, 0.08, 0.08
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system · November 29, 2011, 12:16am

Hi
Remove (disable) all the no standard repositories (esp the 11.3 ones)
and try a zypper ref then zypper lu.

ok, I have now the following repositories left:

dings:/home/tc # zypper ref
Repository ‘ATI-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1’ ist aktuell.
Repository ‘Broadcom-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1’ ist aktuell.
Metadaten von Repository ‘Wine Stable SLED’ abrufen [FERTIG]
Cache fÃ¼r Repository ‘Wine Stable SLED’ erzeugen [FERTIG]
Repository ‘nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP1’ ist aktuell.
Repository ‘SLED11-Extras’ ist aktuell.
Repository ‘SLED11-SP1-HP-BNB-Updates’ ist aktuell.
Repository ‘SLED11-SP1-Pool’ ist aktuell.
Metadaten von Repository ‘SLED11-SP1-Updates’ abrufen [FERTIG]
Cache fÃ¼r Repository ‘SLED11-SP1-Updates’ erzeugen [FERTIG]
Alle Repositorys wurden aktualisiert.

I guess this means that zypper thinks there is only one update
pending.

However, when I use the graphical frontend for updating packages, it
proposes:
sledsp1-a2ps (as above)
sledsp1-bytefx-data-mysql (security)
sledsp1-gdm (recommmended)
sledsp1-gnome-control-center (recommended)

When I try to install them all, it wants to remove mono-winforms but
gets error message
Subprocess failed. Error: RPM fehlgeschlagen: error: package
mono-winforms-2.0.1-1.26.1.i586 is not installed
I have had this particular error message since day 1 of this computer
(which is the cause why all other updates weren’t installed until I
recently used the package manager to do this)
I have this message even when I only try to install the a2ps.

Do you have any idea how to fix all this??

P.S.
After writing my first post, I observed that I drop to the welcome
screen when i choose to shutdown the computer, where i can suspend,
relogin, shutdown or reboot, but not hibernate. Before, I had the choice
right after pressing the power button between shutdown, suspend,
hibernate and reboot without having to go through the login screen.

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system · November 29, 2011, 12:23am

On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:01 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
[color=blue]

Hi
Remove (disable) all the no standard repositories (esp the 11.3 ones)
and try a zypper ref then zypper lu.

ok, I have now the following repositories left:

dings:/home/tc # zypper ref
Repository ‘ATI-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1’ ist aktuell.
Repository ‘Broadcom-Driver-HP-BNB-SLE11-SP1’ ist aktuell.
Metadaten von Repository ‘Wine Stable SLED’ abrufen [FERTIG]
Cache fÃ¼r Repository ‘Wine Stable SLED’ erzeugen [FERTIG]
Repository ‘nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP1’ ist aktuell.
Repository ‘SLED11-Extras’ ist aktuell.
Repository ‘SLED11-SP1-HP-BNB-Updates’ ist aktuell.
Repository ‘SLED11-SP1-Pool’ ist aktuell.
Metadaten von Repository ‘SLED11-SP1-Updates’ abrufen [FERTIG]
Cache fÃ¼r Repository ‘SLED11-SP1-Updates’ erzeugen [FERTIG]
Alle Repositorys wurden aktualisiert.

dings:/home/tc # zypper lu
Dienst ‘nu_novell_com’ wird aktualisiert.
Repository-Daten werden geladen…
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen…
S | Repository | Name | Aktuelle Version | VerfÃ¼gbare Version
| Architektur
–±-------------------±-----±-----------------±-------------------±-----------
v | SLED11-SP1-Updates | a2ps | 4.13-1326.33 | 4.13-1326.35.1
| i586

I guess this means that zypper thinks there is only one update
pending.

However, when I use the graphical frontend for updating packages, it
proposes:
sledsp1-a2ps (as above)
sledsp1-bytefx-data-mysql (security)
sledsp1-gdm (recommmended)
sledsp1-gnome-control-center (recommended)

When I try to install them all, it wants to remove mono-winforms but
gets error message
Subprocess failed. Error: RPM fehlgeschlagen: error: package
mono-winforms-2.0.1-1.26.1.i586 is not installed
I have had this particular error message since day 1 of this computer
(which is the cause why all other updates weren’t installed until I
recently used the package manager to do this)
I have this message even when I only try to install the a2ps.

Do you have any idea how to fix all this??

P.S.
After writing my first post, I observed that I drop to the welcome
screen when i choose to shutdown the computer, where i can suspend,
relogin, shutdown or reboot, but not hibernate. Before, I had the
choice right after pressing the power button between shutdown,
suspend, hibernate and reboot without having to go through the login
screen.

[/color]
Hi
OK, lets see if it’s available;

zypper se mono-winforms

If it is then, see where it’s from;

zypper if mono-winforms

What if you skip (as in uncheck) the aps update for the moment, does it
add the additional updates?

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system · November 30, 2011, 1:26am

Hi,

it seems there is mono-winforms actually installed, but the system
tries to remove a different version (2.0.1-1.26.1.i586) which is not
there:

Code:

dings:/home/tc # zypper se mono-winforms
Dienst ‘nu_novell_com’ wird aktualisiert.
Repository-Daten werden geladen…
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen…

S | Name | Zusammenfassung | Typ
–±--------------±------------------------------------±-----
i | mono-winforms | Mono’s Windows Forms implementation | Paket
dings:/home/tc # zypper if mono-winforms
Dienst ‘nu_novell_com’ wird aktualisiert.
Repository-Daten werden geladen…
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen…

Informationen zu Paket mono-winforms:

Repository: SLED11-SP1-Updates
Name: mono-winforms
Version: 2.0.1-1.34.1
(…)

What if you skip (as in uncheck) the aps update for the moment, does
it
add the additional updates?
I accidentally have run the aps update, so now I get

Code:

dings:/home/tc # zypper lu
Dienst ‘nu_novell_com’ wird aktualisiert.
Repository-Daten werden geladen…
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen…
Keine Aktualisierungen gefunden.

→ the other updates dont show up in zypper.

Also, I cannot access the AMD Catalyst Control Centre any more?

Code:

dings:/home/tc # amdcccle

amdcccle: xcb_io.c:352: _XReply: Zusicherung Â»!dpy->xcb->reply_dataÂ« nicht erfÃ¼llt.
Abgebrochen

Til

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system · December 1, 2011, 7:10pm

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:26:01 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
[color=blue]

Hi,

it seems there is mono-winforms actually installed, but the system
tries to remove a different version (2.0.1-1.26.1.i586) which is not
there:

Code:
dings:/home/tc # zypper se mono-winforms
Dienst ‘nu_novell_com’ wird aktualisiert.
Repository-Daten werden geladen…
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen…

S | Name | Zusammenfassung | Typ
–±--------------±------------------------------------±-----
i | mono-winforms | Mono’s Windows Forms implementation | Paket
dings:/home/tc # zypper if mono-winforms
Dienst ‘nu_novell_com’ wird aktualisiert.
Repository-Daten werden geladen…
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen…

Informationen zu Paket mono-winforms:

Repository: SLED11-SP1-Updates
Name: mono-winforms
Version: 2.0.1-1.34.1
(…)

What if you skip (as in uncheck) the aps update for the moment, does
it
add the additional updates?
I accidentally have run the aps update, so now I get

Code:
dings:/home/tc # zypper lu
Dienst ‘nu_novell_com’ wird aktualisiert.
Repository-Daten werden geladen…
Installierte Pakete werden gelesen…
Keine Aktualisierungen gefunden.

→ the other updates dont show up in zypper.

Also, I cannot access the AMD Catalyst Control Centre any more?

Code:
dings:/home/tc # amdcccle
amdcccle: xcb_io.c:352: _XReply: Zusicherung
Â»!dpy->xcb->reply_dataÂ« nicht erfÃ¼llt. Abgebrochen

Til

[/color]
Hi
OK, you may need to rebuild the rpm database;

rpm --rebuilddb

Then go into YaST software management and search on mono-winforms and
then on the version tab select the older version 2.0.1-1.26.1.i586 and
install that. Then try a zypper update, if that works, then try the
YaST way.

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system · December 3, 2011, 2:16am

Hi and thank you,

downgrading mono-winforms, then upgrading did the trick to a consistent
package database, it seems. For some reason, I am now also allowed to
change mouse sensitivity.

Mounting volumes in gnome as non-root user still does not work, same as
ATI control center. Is it possible that some update to standard policies
accidentally removed the rights to do so? I remember I had the same
problem with suse 11.2 and never got around to fixing this (nor did I
find any solutions on the internet).

Til

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system · December 3, 2011, 2:50am

On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:16:02 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
[color=blue]

Hi and thank you,

downgrading mono-winforms, then upgrading did the trick to a
consistent package database, it seems. For some reason, I am now also
allowed to change mouse sensitivity.

Mounting volumes in gnome as non-root user still does not work, same
as ATI control center. Is it possible that some update to standard
policies accidentally removed the rights to do so? I remember I had
the same problem with suse 11.2 and never got around to fixing this
(nor did I find any solutions on the internet).

Til

[/color]
Hi
So what type of volumes are we talking about? is the gvfs daemon
running? Check in the Control Center startup applications to ensure the
mount process is running.

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system · December 5, 2011, 11:06pm

I have tried: usb sticks, sd cards, optical disks, hard drive partitions
(recovery partition). All of which used to be mountable from within
nautilus as a user. I still can mount them in the console as root. But
upon inserting one of the removable media, I get a window translated
roughly into: “Volume cannnot be mounted”. IsCallerPrivileged() failed.
So there seems to be some notification. I also tried KDE4 with same
results (error message: IsCallerPrivileged() failed).

The gvsd is there, it seems, but I have seen nothing in the startup
applications that seems related to mount. What should be there?

Code:

tc@dings:~> ps aux | grep “gvfs”
tc 3508 0.0 0.2 6756 2240 ? S 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd
tc 3525 0.0 0.3 30184 2384 ? Ssl 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/tc/.gvfs
tc 3565 0.0 0.4 7492 3012 ? S 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash --spawner :1.8 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0
tc 3573 0.0 0.5 17244 3872 ? Sl 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-hal-volume-monitor
tc 3575 0.0 0.4 9276 3344 ? S 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
tc 3583 0.0 0.3 7092 2336 ? S 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-burn --spawner :1.8 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/1
tc 4251 0.0 0.2 6336 2056 ? S 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-metadata
tc 4944 0.0 0.1 3508 828 pts/0 S+ 20:15 0:00 grep gvfs

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system · December 6, 2011, 6:33am

On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:06:02 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
[color=blue]

I have tried: usb sticks, sd cards, optical disks, hard drive
partitions (recovery partition). All of which used to be mountable
from within nautilus as a user. I still can mount them in the console
as root. But upon inserting one of the removable media, I get a
window translated roughly into: “Volume cannnot be mounted”.
IsCallerPrivileged() failed. So there seems to be some notification.
I also tried KDE4 with same results (error message:
IsCallerPrivileged() failed).

The gvsd is there, it seems, but I have seen nothing in the startup
applications that seems related to mount. What should be there?

Code:

tc@dings:~> ps aux | grep “gvfs”
tc 3508 0.0 0.2 6756 2240 ? S 20:09
0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd tc 3525 0.0 0.3 30184
2384 ? Ssl 20:09
0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs//gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/tc/.gvfs tc 3565
0.0 0.4 7492 3012 ? S 20:09
0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash
–spawner :1.8 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/0 tc 3573 0.0 0.5
17244 3872 ? Sl 20:09
0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-hal-volume-monitor tc 3575 0.0 0.4
9276 3344 ? S 20:09
0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor tc 3583 0.0
0.3 7092 2336 ? S 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-burn
–spawner :1.8 /org/gtk/gvfs/exec_spaw/1 tc 4251 0.0 0.2
6336 2056 ? S 20:09 0:00 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-metadata
tc 4944 0.0 0.1 3508 828 pts/0 S+ 20:15 0:00 grep
gvfs --------------------

[/color]
Hi
OK, can you check in Control Center → File Management on the ‘Media’
tab is ‘Browse media when inserted’ checked?

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system · December 6, 2011, 10:56pm

[color=blue]

Hi
OK, can you check in Control Center → File Management on the ‘Media’
tab is ‘Browse media when inserted’ checked?[/color]

yes, it is checked. (and “don’t do anything when media are inserted” is
unchecked…

Til

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system · December 14, 2011, 2:26am

tritigr;2159118 Wrote:[color=blue][color=green]

Hi
OK, can you check in Control Center → File Management on the ‘Media’
tab is ‘Browse media when inserted’ checked?[/color]

yes, it is checked. (and “don’t do anything when media are inserted” is
unchecked…

Til[/color]

I also checked the following:

created a new user: same problems: power button is not recognized,
mounting from within nautilus does not work

using KDE4: power button is working (and powers off directly instead of
going to the login screen), but mounting also does not work.

Maybe it would be the easiest way to do a recover and start with a
fresh install? (any hints as to what to backup before? user data should
still be there as this is a different partition, right?) is there an
easy way to get a list of installed applications so that I can reinstall
them after recovery?

Til

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system · December 14, 2011, 7:42am

On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:26:02 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
[color=blue]

tritigr;2159118 Wrote:[color=green][color=darkred]

Hi
OK, can you check in Control Center → File Management on the
‘Media’ tab is ‘Browse media when inserted’ checked?[/color]

yes, it is checked. (and “don’t do anything when media are
inserted” is unchecked…

Til[/color]

I also checked the following:

created a new user: same problems: power button is not recognized,
mounting from within nautilus does not work

using KDE4: power button is working (and powers off directly instead
of going to the login screen), but mounting also does not work.

Maybe it would be the easiest way to do a recover and start with a
fresh install? (any hints as to what to backup before? user data
should still be there as this is a different partition, right?) is
there an easy way to get a list of installed applications so that I
can reinstall them after recovery?

Til

[/color]
Hi
It’s mainly any of the existing config files in your home directory
that may cause some issues if you re-install.

I would use dd to copy the home partition off to an external storage
device if you can. Else you should be able to show hidden files and
drag/drop to an external storage device.

What is your recovery method, just a re-install from the DVD, or is it
image recovery software?

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system · December 25, 2011, 12:26am

I have an hp625 notebook which has a recovery partition and a
corresponding boot menu entry. I never dared to see what happens when I
select it. /home is on a different partition than root, so it should be
safe from the recovery (although I will make a backup of that to be
sure). Do you know if I can still register and get updates from the
novell servers although the 90 days from purchase are over by now? If
not, can I download them before the recovery?

Cheers and merry christmas

Til

Hi
It’s mainly any of the existing config files in your home directory
that may cause some issues if you re-install.

I would use dd to copy the home partition off to an external storage
device if you can. Else you should be able to show hidden files and
drag/drop to an external storage device.

What is your recovery method, just a re-install from the DVD, or is it
image recovery software?

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system · December 28, 2011, 7:32am

On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:26:02 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
[color=blue]

I have an hp625 notebook which has a recovery partition and a
corresponding boot menu entry. I never dared to see what happens when
I select it. /home is on a different partition than root, so it
should be safe from the recovery (although I will make a backup of
that to be sure). Do you know if I can still register and get updates
from the novell servers although the 90 days from purchase are over
by now? If not, can I download them before the recovery?

Cheers and merry christmas

Til
[/color]
Hi
So was it pre-installed with SLED? If so it should restore and add the
update repositories as it’s purchased with at least 1yr of access to
updates…

For sure make sure you back up your /home data, you never know… also
don’t forget to check the data on the backup media!

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CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

system · January 2, 2012, 3:56am

I did the recovery. Then let yast install updates for itself. after that
the update application from yast would no longer work complaining about
the gtk-plugin missing. So I reverted to zypper which downloaded and
updated 1GB of packages. 2hrs later and after a reboot my mouse/touchpad
is no longer there. Tried the “failsafe” option. Now the mouse cursor is
“only” invisible. How can I get it back!?

Til

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system · January 5, 2012, 11:40pm

On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:56:01 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
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I did the recovery. Then let yast install updates for itself. after
that the update application from yast would no longer work
complaining about the gtk-plugin missing. So I reverted to zypper
which downloaded and updated 1GB of packages. 2hrs later and after a
reboot my mouse/touchpad is no longer there. Tried the “failsafe”
option. Now the mouse cursor is “only” invisible. How can I get it
back!?

Til

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Hi
Are the HP repositories active, you may need to re-register the system.

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openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) Kernel 3.1.0-1.2-desktop
up 19:07, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.03, 0.05
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

system · January 6, 2012, 12:36am

Hi
Are the HP repositories active, you may need to re-register the
system.

As I don’t have a license number, I just pressed enter on the
respective screen. And it seems the ncc-services are used.

After I learned that the invisible mouse cursor might be a graphics
driver issue, I installed the driver from the AMD home page. That
helped.
Also, my problems from before are gone :)))

Unfortunately, I realised that my wireless card doesn’t work.

I installed all of the following packages from the broadcomm
repository:
broadcomm-wireless
-kmp-default
-kmp-pae
-lmp-xen

After that, I learned that different drivers may be bad, so I
uninstalled all of them.
Now I have installed broadcomm-wireless and
broadcomm-wireless-kmp-default again, but in network manager, only the
cabled network section is shown.

Also,I just discovered that the system still knows about my old
(deactivated) repositories. I thought that after recovery, they should
be gone?

Also, I now have two boot menu entries
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 - 2.6.32.49-0.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 - 2.6.32.49-0.3 (this is the default)
Should I stick to the default? I don’t see a difference between the two
(except for the SP1 Text, of course)

Cheers,
Til

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system · January 6, 2012, 1:06am

On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:36:01 GMT
tritigr tritigr@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
[color=blue]

Hi
Are the HP repositories active, you may need to re-register the
system.

As I don’t have a license number, I just pressed enter on the
respective screen. And it seems the ncc-services are used.

After I learned that the invisible mouse cursor might be a graphics
driver issue, I installed the driver from the AMD home page. That
helped.
Also, my problems from before are gone :)))

Unfortunately, I realised that my wireless card doesn’t work.

I installed all of the following packages from the broadcomm
repository:
broadcomm-wireless
-kmp-default
-kmp-pae
-lmp-xen

After that, I learned that different drivers may be bad, so I
uninstalled all of them.
Now I have installed broadcomm-wireless and
broadcomm-wireless-kmp-default again, but in network manager, only the
cabled network section is shown.

Also,I just discovered that the system still knows about my old
(deactivated) repositories. I thought that after recovery, they should
be gone?

Also, I now have two boot menu entries
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 - 2.6.32.49-0.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 - 2.6.32.49-0.3 (this is the default)
Should I stick to the default? I don’t see a difference between the
two (except for the SP1 Text, of course)

Cheers,
Til

[/color]
Hi
OK, can you start a new thread about your wireless after a read here,
the first 3 stickies and post the required information;
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/wireless/

If you look at the file /boot/grub/menu.lst are the first two entries
the same?

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openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) Kernel 3.1.0-1.2-desktop
up 20:31, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.05, 0.07
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU

system · January 9, 2012, 2:56am

ok, the second one load a kernel with the same version number, but ends
on -pae. I only have 1 GB of memory (256MB of which takes the graphics
chip, unfortunately). So I guess, I am better off with the default
kernel instead of the pae, right?

Til

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