# Errors restoring repository configuration **URL:** \ **Category:** SLED Install-Boot\ **Created:** [June 8, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/errors-restoring-repository-configuration/22725 "2012-06-08T02:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@casem](https://forums.suse.com/u/casem)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/errors-restoring-repository-configuration/22725/1 "2012-06-08T02:14:49Z")
Hello there. When I open YaST and launch the “Software Repositories” tool, I get the following message: [QUOTE] There were errors while restoring the repository configuration. Parse error: repoindex.xml[15] Opening and ending tag mismatch: link line 12 and head[/QUOTE] Not sure if this is helpful, but when I run the following command: > [@](#): > > zypper lr -d I get this output: [QUOTE] # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service –±--------------------------------------±--------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±---------±---------------------------------------------------------------------------------±------- 1 | HP-Education Updates | HP-Education Updates | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv://hp://education/SLE\_11](http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv://hp://education/SLE_11) | 2 | Mozilla | Mozilla | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE\_11.1/](http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1/) | 3 | PK\_TMP\_DIR | PK\_TMP\_DIR | Yes | Yes | 99 | plaindir | dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.tYSCMX | 4 | SLED-11-SP2-DVD1 | SLED-11-SP2-DVD1 | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | iso:///?iso=SLED-11-SP2-DVD-x86\_64-GM-DVD1.iso&url=file:///home/casem/yastrepos/ | 5 | SLED-11-SP2-DVD2 | SLED-11-SP2-DVD2 | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | iso:///?iso=SLED-11-SP2-DVD-x86\_64-GM-DVD2.iso&url=file:///home/casem/yastrepos/ | 6 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11 11-0 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11 11-0 | No | No | 99 | yast2 | hd:///sled11.00?device=/dev/sda1&filesystem=auto | 7 | nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP1 | nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP1 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | [http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp1](http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp1) [/QUOTE] How can I fix this error? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/errors-restoring-repository-configuration/22725/2 "2012-06-08T02:32:36Z")
> [@casem](#): > > Hello there. When I open YaST and launch the “Software Repositories” > tool, I get the following message: > [color=blue] > > > There were errors while restoring the repository configuration. > > Parse error: repoindex.xml[15] Opening and ending tag mismatch: link > > line 12 and head[/color] > > Not sure if this is helpful, but when I run the following command:[color=blue] > > > zypper lr -d[/color] > > I get this output:[color=blue] > > > # | Alias | > > > > Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI > > | Service > > –±--------------------------------------±--------------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±---------±---------------------------------------------------------------------------------±------- > > 1 | HP-Education Updates | HP-Education > > Updates | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | > > [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv://hp://education/SLE\_11](http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv://hp://education/SLE_11) > > | > > 2 | Mozilla | > > Mozilla | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | > > [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE\_11.1/](http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.1/) > > | > > 3 | PK\_TMP\_DIR | > > PK\_TMP\_DIR | Yes | Yes | 99 | plaindir | > > dir:///var/tmp/TmpDir.tYSCMX > > | > > 4 | SLED-11-SP2-DVD1 | > > SLED-11-SP2-DVD1 | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | > > iso:///?iso=SLED-11-SP2-DVD-x86\_64-GM-DVD1.iso&url=file:///home/casem/yastrepos/ > > | > > 5 | SLED-11-SP2-DVD2 | > > SLED-11-SP2-DVD2 | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | > > iso:///?iso=SLED-11-SP2-DVD-x86\_64-GM-DVD2.iso&url=file:///home/casem/yastrepos/ > > | > > 6 | SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11 11-0 | > > SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Desktop-11 11-0 | No | No | 99 | > > yast2 | > > hd:///sled11.00?device=/dev/sda1&filesystem=auto | > > 7 | nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP1 | > > nVidia-Driver-SLE11-SP1 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | > > [http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp1](http://download.nvidia.com/novell/sle11sp1)[/color] > > How can I fix this error? Hi Delete the tmp repository and remove the system from the Novell Customer Center and re-register it. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.1 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop up 5:12, 4 users, load average: 0.02, 0.14, 0.47 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU ---
**Author:** ![casem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@casem](https://forums.suse.com/u/casem)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/errors-restoring-repository-configuration/22725/3 "2012-06-08T23:22:37Z")
Thanks for your help! I ran into some issues while trying to re-register, but I came across this article which was also helpful: [http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3303599](http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3303599)