[NightStorm]

I have found the cause of this (at least for me). It was this line in my ~/.bash_profile:
export BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc

Removed that and I was good-to-go.

If that does not do it for others I suggest trying this experiment:
- login
- cd ~
- mkdir old
- mv .bashrc .bash_profile old/

logout/login

Bring up a konsole and type:
kdesu /sbin/yast2

See if it works for you now. If it does not then I don't have any suggestions for you other then to be sure that you restore your .bashrc and .bash_profile from where they were saved in old/

If it does work then I suggest putting back your .bashrc and .bash_profile files:
cd ~
cp -p old/.??* ~

Then start commenting out sections of each (do a binary search through the file disabling whole portions) until you find the offending section.

- Bruce