[Swlug] Remote SWLUG on Jitsi tonight Tuesday 21 June 2022 at 7pm BST

[Dick Bain]

I will be late as my Linux mint is corrupted on the root fs gah
Dick


On Tue, 21 Jun 2022, 14:29 Daniel Morris via Swlug, <
swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> Hi Huw,
>
> Most have been pretty flawless, apply any missing/current patches, set
> releasever=15.4, 'zypper ref; zypper dup'. I think I've one machine that
> I've updated from about 12.x or 13.1 (never get around to nuke & pave). I
> add the DVD iso as a local repo, slurping a WiFi hotspot or using my
> mobile's generous limit. Pretty much these instructions:
> https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade
>
> One system had a bit of drama losing the connection, about 800 packages
> left to apply with 1100 done. Problem was zypper executable was hosed with
> "zypper: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib64/libzypp.so.1722: undefined
> symbol:...".  I just scp'd the libzypp and zypper packages from the DVD
> image over and applied with rpm, and they restarted the 'zypper dup'. It
> saved a 600 mile round-trip, or having to 'fess up to a colleague and do a
> rollback :)
>
> Tumbleweed for a year was fun but just too much churn for my day-day,
> especially now with metered bandwidth.
>
>  Daniel
>
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 13:41, Huw Pearce via Swlug <
> swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> Good to hear your openSUSE Leap upgrade to 15.4 went well. I have to
>> have another go after following the instructions I found, that did not
>> work.
>>
>> My openSUSE Tumbleweed systems continue to update without any dramas and
>> hopefully 'touch wood' continue to do so.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Huw
>>
>> On 21/06/2022 13:14, Daniel Morris via Swlug wrote:
>> > Avoid travel chaos tonight with a good old fashioned remote SWLUG
>> > meeting, tonight, on Jitsi at 7pm. You can revel in the post-truth
>> > 20-20 hindsight by reasoning this SWLUG is remote to:
>> >
>> > 1) Show your solidarity with striking transport workers amidst the
>> > cost-of-living crisis
>> > 2) Stay safe (COFID is out to get you!)
>> > 3) 'Cos No Fridges are available for this time slot
>> > 4) Any other (il)legitimate reason - it is 2022 be creative, and Free!
>> >
>> > I'm going to be crowing about how easy openSUSE Leap 15.4 upgrades
>> > have been, even when my ISP decided to stamp on the radio signals
>> > mid-way through. And how OpenReach celebrated the Jubilee bank
>> > holidays by ripping out the "legacy" June/July 2021 overhead fibre and
>> > started afresh - still just the 40m of tree cutting left...
>> >
>> > Simply launch a web-browser and go to
>> >
>> > https://meet.jit.si/swlugmeetonline
>> >
>> > Or,
>> > https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/ and choose "Start a call" and enter
>> > "swlugmeetonline" as the name.
>> >
>> >  Daniel
>> >
>>
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