Smart update error

shame · 08-22-2006, 03:17 AM

I did a smart update and got this error -

Code:

Fetching information for 'Latest KDE packages'...
-> http://software.opensuse.org/download/KDE:/KDE3/.../repomd.xml
repomd.xml                     ####################################### [ 48%]
error: Invalid XML file:
error:   /var/lib/smart/channels/suse-kde%%http:__software.opensuse.org_download_KDE:_KDE3_SUSE_Linux_10.1_repodata_repomd.xml
error:   http://software.opensuse.org/download/KDE:/KDE3/SUSE_Linux_10.1/repodata/repomd.xml
error:   mismatched tag: line 17, column 2

Is anyone else having this problem? Is it likely to be a temporary problem with the repo? I have had a similar error sometime in the past which resolved itself.
The thing is, last time I used suse my baby son got to the reset button and when I came to boot up next it did a filesystem check because the filesystem was not clean so maybe something is corrupted.
If this is the case does anyone know how to fix it?

-=Graz=- · 08-22-2006, 04:48 AM

hey there, it does look to be a problem with the repo (assuming it has worked for you before).

I found some good info got getting YaST to work at this site: http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254/42/
Hope this helps,,,

shame · 08-22-2006, 04:26 PM

Well, day two and I'm still getting the error.
Yast has worked fine on the odd occasion I've used it. I tend to forget I have yast at all cos I'm so used to smart now. I've always found yast to be too slow for my liking.

shame · 08-22-2006, 08:18 PM

After removing and reinstalling smart, the problem has now gone away.

<EDIT> Nope, I was mistaken, the error is still there.

quip · 08-24-2006, 12:10 AM

I'm seeing the issue as well.

shame · 08-24-2006, 08:42 AM

This has been reported on suseforums also and it is apparently the kde repo causing it. It's back to normal again for me now.

BDHamp · 08-29-2006, 09:41 PM

I'm getting the error now too as well. I basically can't update anything involving KDE. Smart told me it wanted to delete it when I started it earlier this evening, and I stupidly allowed it to do so. Now I can't add it back. Using smart channel --add http://software.opensuse.org/downloa...SE_Linux_10.0/ pretends to add the channel, but it doesn't. Using the GUI results in the same problem. Nothing is actually added. Adding it manually via the GUI results in the error described in the OP.

OnEdit: Prior to this taking place, I had updated smart itself to .42-10. I reverted back to .42-9, and the problem went away.

shame · 08-31-2006, 12:49 AM

I've had the problem on and off since I first posted. What I have noticed is some mirrors seem to get back up and running before others so I added a few different mirros to the suse-kde source so if it does keep going, at least it will keep trying the other mirrors to make sure I can use the repo again as soon as.

broch · 08-31-2006, 08:55 AM

this is not smart but repository problem. Re-installing will not help unless at the same time when you re-nstall smart, they fix repository and you will think that you have fixed something.