Notes about upgrading openSUSE
I save the following outputs to text files:
rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME}:%{VERSION}\n" | sortzypper repos -uzypper dup -l --recommendsFrom the dup command, I save the part before the 'Continue?' prompt where the list of packages appears, but this info should be found in the zypper logs as well
[1] ThinkPad X61s: speed never goes above 1200MHz (max should be 1600MHz)
[2] 50-blacklist.conf renamed as 50-blacklist.conf.rpmsave/not merged
[3] ThinkPad T400: interface doesn't come up, see below
[4] Shutdown didn't work from KDE
Other things to check:
- browser(s) (as an essential piece of software)
- Flash
- systemd daemons (should anything be disabled again, new daemons...)
- number of packages, 'System Packages', new packages - do a little cleanup manually... this is unavoidable
Upgrade process
Update to 11.4 latest before the dup:
zypper refzypper upreboot # if necessaryDon't: Install systemd if you still have sysvinit installed: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Systemd#Install_systemd_on_openSUSE_Factory
zypper in systemdvi /boot/grub/menu.lst # insert 'init=/bin/systemd' ; you can edit the grub menu temporarily insteadrebootrpm -e --nodeps sysvinitDist-upgrade: see also http://en.opensuse.org/Upgrade
zypper lr -uzypper mr -adzypper ar -n 12.1-OSS http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/oss/ 12.1-OSS
zypper ar -n 12.1-NON http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.1/repo/non-oss/ 12.1-NON
zypper ar -n 12.1-UPD http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.1/ 12.1-UPD
zypper refzypper dup -l --recommendsrebootLooks like this was not a good idea (at least it is not a supported method). After the upgrade, I couldn't reboot and had to power the machine off/on manually:
Failed to connect to socket /run/systemd/private: No such file or directoryThis problem didn't occur when I didn't replace sysvinit with systemd before the upgrade.
Afterboot
After checking the system, remove the old and add the 3 party repos you want to use. Notice that the Contrib repo is deprecated from 12.1.
I deleted every repo except the new ones. ('zypper rm 5' etc)
To determine which packages belong to deleted repos (or don't belong to repos at all):
zypper se -is | grep "System Packages"Just for the record, I have the following packages installed from unofficial repos or RPM packages on my work desktop: feh, exiftran, giblib, tint2, scrot, keepassx, MPlayer +a bunch of multimedia libraries.
Post-upgrade problems
On my Lenovo ThinkPad T400, Intel 5100ABGN wireless didn't work because the association with the AP was slow and the IP address wasn't assigned to the card. This was solved by disabling the following line in the ifcfg-wlan0 file (originally I pasted every possible wireless option in the file):
WIRELESS_POWER='yes'Now the wireless link comes up slowly (~10 sec after kdm), but at least it works.
Note that the same line doesn't mean a problem on my other machine.
Shutdown from KDE didn't power the machine off.
Upgrade process
zypper repos -uzypper refzypper upzypper pszypper mr -adzypper ar -n 12.2-OSS http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/oss/ 12.2-OSSzypper ar -n 12.2-NON http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/12.2/repo/non-oss/ 12.2-NONzypper ar -n 12.2-UPD http://download.opensuse.org/update/12.2/ 12.2-UPDzypper ar -n KDE-48 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.2/ 12.2-KDE-48zypper refzypper dup -l --recommendssystemctl rebootzypper rr 1 # remove every old repoObservations and problems
These packages cannot be removed because the following other packages depend on them (just to remind myself).
xf86-video-* -> xorg-x11-driver-video
gnome-icon-theme -> dia