Comments on: Updated – we’re back download.opensuse.org celebrates May 1 holiday (it’s broken)

By: scott

scott — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:59:54 +0000

I have insurmountable issues with X_64 12.1 Kernel Video Support and reverted back to 11.4.

The DVD uses a .RPM file formats all o.k…When it comes to online updates as part of the install at http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ the file format is called for .DRPM – That would be well and good if ALL repos had .DRPM files but a huge number of files dont exist is a .DRPM format in most all 11.4 X_64 repos and there’s no auto redirect/mirror that is perhaps trying to correct this! It fails the most basic updates repos URL as above!

I have no idea what lead to the decision to retrospectively change file formats of versions of opensuse who’s native DVD had .RPM file formats.

I would have thought that all new releases which came with an install DVD of .DRPM files should have defaults to .DRPM file formats, not retrospectively!

Its time to back out the change that was made to retrospective versions of opensuse that were not released with default .DRPM – As IT people thats what we do to fix a major change that is seriously not working – Back it out……!!

By: vazhavandan

vazhavandan — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:51:46 +0000

Got to be those hungry lemmings chewing up on the wires(mistaking them for shoots) after long winter hibernation.

By: cengique

cengique — Wed, 02 May 2012 21:49:24 +0000

Hi,

The reps for 11.2, 11.3 and 11.4 x86_64 sections list rpms properly, but when you try to download them you get “access denied” errors.

Sorry to hear the double-disk failure. That’s a nightmare scenario for me. I’ve been using (open)SuSE for years, and would like to make a small donation. I couldn’t see any links for donation on the main website except the “shop”. Is there a way to donate?

Thanks again for all your work!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:32:11 +0000

Really sorry to hear of the crash! I just installed openSUSE the day before the crash, I hope it wasn’t me :S lol

I need to use the UpdatedApps repo but it isn’t working, and not very good at openSuSE yet, could someone give me a mirror to put in so I can get Calligra 2.4? It was one of the main reasons I installed this OS and am really enjoying its speed and stability so far. :)

Thanks in advance, and good luck getting your problems sorted out soon!

By: Victorhck

Victorhck — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:18:14 +0000

Hi all!
I put the notice in spanish forum.
Thank’s

By: coolo

coolo — Wed, 02 May 2012 07:57:26 +0000

just so you can do the math yourself: the file system is 9T and it’s not cheap discs

By: Jarl E. Gjessing

Jarl E. Gjessing — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:58:37 +0000

Your NVidia drivers could be pointed to:
ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/12.1/
I’ve set all my repositories to ftp5.gwdg.de, some got downgraded :-( but at least I can run zypper dup now :-)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 May 2012 06:41:28 +0000

zypper points to an incorrect error. it says it can not connect to the ipv6 address, although ipv6 is disabled. if the ping works on download.opensuse.org you are searching at wrong place.

By: bigbenaugust

bigbenaugust — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:01:22 +0000

or at least mirrored RAID 5s…

By: l300lvl

l300lvl — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:00:09 +0000

I had one more question of the topic: Are all the mirrors coming from the build service or something? Where do they get the data the fill the mirror with? That is, is it all current data which is updated every so often?

Also, thanks again for pointing the mirror out, really. You made my day better.

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