joe morris zll_lspevjntmorg 02152008 0646 maura edelweiss monville wrote wanted disable online updates reinstall wine dvd yast wont keeps finding another process accessing repositories first login zyppcheckpatches runs look updates locks rpm database looks wanting kill opensuseupdater frontend kill root using killall zyppcheckpatches using kde system guard open yast software management maybe abruptly reboot hardware reset button yast wont leave loop trying download faulty repository perhaps nice thing assuming root available control computer get new computer install windows laptop place suse regret saying situation unbearable choose poison sounds like frying panfire scenario think way get impasse reinstall suse without overlapping home partition backups reinstalling every application implies long please instruct hard time believing reinstall linux really helps much especially long run need remember check regard partitioning install process making sure home partition set mounted home formatted installation normal joe morris registered linux user 231871 running opensuse 103 x86_64 wed 06 aug 2008 105328 0800 opensuse reinstall suse