Bug 199116

Summary: Online update - can't change
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1 Reporter: David Sherman <dshermin>
Component: InstallationAssignee: E-mail List <bnc-team-screening>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Stanislav Visnovsky <visnov>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: andreas.hanke, meissner
Version: Final   
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Description David Sherman 2006-08-13 13:41:16 UTC
If I install 10.1 and fail to do a online update then, there is no way to add a source to do an online update.

why?
Comment 1 Marcus Meissner 2006-08-14 06:37:25 UTC
use the Installation Sources dialog to change the update source.
Comment 2 David Sherman 2006-08-14 15:06:14 UTC
That didn't work for me.
Sorry.
The choices to Add source are:
Scan using SLP
FTP
HTTP
HTTPS
SMBCIFS
NFS
CD
DVD
Local Directory
Specify URL

There is NO way to add a "YUM" source.
Comment 3 Marcus Meissner 2006-08-14 15:15:26 UTC
these are media typoes. they can all point to a YUM source.
Comment 4 Andreas Hanke 2006-08-14 16:25:18 UTC
David, you are misunderstanding this dialog. You don't have to specify the source type because the source type will be detected automatically. The choices refer to the protocol, not the type.

Do exactly the following:

YaST -> Software -> Installation Source -> Add -> Specify URL

Copy this URL into the field:

http://suse.osuosl.org/suse/update/10.1

That's it.
Comment 5 David Sherman 2006-08-14 17:16:21 UTC
Thanks for the update and solution.

My problem was that I search the knownledge base at http://wwww.novell.com first.
The knowledge base pointed to me to my answer.

thanks again.
Comment 6 David Sherman 2006-08-17 19:02:25 UTC
Look at this:

http://susewiki.org/index.php?title=Wrestling_Zen_to_Work 
Comment 7 Andreas Hanke 2006-08-17 19:12:21 UTC
I don't understand why you are reopening this report. What's the bug here?

The initial report is just wrong (you can invoke the online update configuration module any time manually via "YaST -> Software -> Online Update Configuration" or "/sbin/yast2 inst_suse_register") and there is an alternative way of adding an update source ("YaST -> Software -> Installation source" or "/sbin/yast2 inst_source").
Comment 8 David Sherman 2006-08-17 19:18:11 UTC
If you look at the wiki item, there is a bug in the update of Suse 10.1.

It has to be fixed.
Comment 9 David Sherman 2006-08-17 19:20:36 UTC
OK close it.

Comment 10 Andreas Hanke 2006-08-17 19:38:27 UTC
Never ever say "there is a bug, it has to be fixed, look at the wiki". This is noise and forbidden.

The entry at susewiki.org contains zero (0) information. Please look at the good wiki how to report bugs:

http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/YaST

In short, always describe the bug within the very report, don't just point to a wiki, and attach logfiles.

The resolution is now also incorrect (it's not FIXED, but one of WORKSFORME or INVALID).

And stop randomly reopening reports like this one or bug 198531 while just pointing to this susewiki.org.