SuSE Linux 10.2 Yast2 crashes while building database of drivers

Hello!

I am using Suse 10.2
When I have clicked the "printer"-button in the hardware tab of the yast2
control center, a window opens, in which I get the following process
messages:
- Check environment
- Read Firewall
- Check database of printers
The process crashes in the last of these three checks.

A popup-window appears, saying:
"The list of installed drivers has changed"
"Building database of drivers"

Please help, as printing is fundamental functionality.

Best regards,
António

Maybe this helps: (A thread called "Yast2 crashes while building
database of drivers" in this newsgroup). It's from 2005 but did the
trick for me (10.1).

news://support-forums.novell.com:119/XKfnf.8291$ME5.7582@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com

Marco Munderloh wrote:
> Maybe this helps: (A thread called "Yast2 crashes while building
> database of drivers" in this newsgroup). It's from 2005 but did the
> trick for me (10.1).
>
> news://support-forums.novell.com:119/XKfnf.8291$ME5.7582@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com



1. I did recursively remove /usr/share/cups, to make a "fresh install"
2. Reinstalled cups-drivers, filters, hplip and hplip-hpijs

After performed suggested actions, I was able to define and configure my
printer.

It seems that there is a problem with CUPS update packages.

Thank you!

With best regards,
António

I'm seeing the same problem. It starts rebuilding the database of drivers
and hangs at 4%.

y2base is chewing up all cpu, but never makes progress. Attempts to Abort
or close the window are ignored. Killall y2base makes it stop.
Re-starting hangs at the same place every time.

This is openSuse 10.2 i386 with all current patches.

-Dan

> A popup-window appears, saying:
> "The list of installed drivers has changed"
> "Building database of drivers"

I can't seem to follow that link. Could you paste in the critical bits.
-Dan

> Maybe this helps: (A thread called "Yast2 crashes while building
> database of drivers" in this newsgroup). It's from 2005 but did the
> trick for me (10.1).
>
>
news://support-forums.novell.com:119/XKfnf.8291$ME5.7582@prv-forum2.provo.novell.com

DanChristian65@gmail.com wrote:
> I can't seem to follow that link. Could you paste in the critical bits.

>> (A thread called "Yast2 crashes while building database of drivers"
>> in this newsgroup). It's from 2005 but did the trick for me (10.1).

The *exact* date is 12/10/05. Are you now able to find it?

Ok, here is a copy of what to do:

> Deinstalling all cups-drivers.
> Filters, hplip, hplip-hpijs helped.

> Removed the directory /usr/share/cups
> Reinstall all cups-drivers.

Marco Munderloh wrote:

> Ok, here is a copy of what to do:
>
>> Deinstalling all cups-drivers.
>> Filters, hplip, hplip-hpijs helped.
>
>> Removed the directory /usr/share/cups
>> Reinstall all cups-drivers.

Hmmm, I got around it by deleting all ppd.gz files
in /usr/share/cups/model

A strace of the process showed that it was continually looping
on all /files/ in this directory.

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António Alexandre Cotta Veloso Godinho schrieb am Sonntag, 14. Januar 2007
22:50:

Maybe this helps:
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Problems_...n_YaST_crashes

Greets Uwe