Smart Installer

What's going on here, is that your keyserver is set for pgp.mit.edu, which sucks. Please see the write up I did on smart config, in which I have pointed out several times.
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I got the same error, so I read about which key servers to choose. I chose the same as linux_learner, (wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net). However, the error remains. By turning off signature checking, the error is resolved.

I can come up with two possible reasons for this error:
1) The key of Marcus Heuwe is broken in some way. My smart also fails on that key.
2) Smart is broken in the way some strings are handled, as the traceback indicates.

Now, since none of these reasons can be solved by the ordinary user, what do we do?

EDIT: Smart has a history of crashing on umlaut. Maybe this is a clue?

I have a bit of a different problem. After upgrading SMART from the default SUSE 10.1 DVD (0.41.x I think), I added a repo from gwdg.de's apt server and received this error henceforth:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in ?
main(sys.argv[1:])

File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interfaces/gtk/interactive.py", line 363, in run
self._ctrl.reloadChannels()

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 351, in reloadChannels
if not channel.fetch(self._fetcher, progress):

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/channels/yast2.py", line 64, in fetch
fetched = self.__fetchFile(fetchitem, fetcher, progress)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/channels/yast2.py", line 45, in __fetchFile
item = fetcher.enqueue(file)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/fetcher.py", line 169, in enqueue
item = FetchItem(self, url, mirror)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/fetcher.py", line 408, in __init__
self._urlobj = URL(mirror.getNext())

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/fetcher.py", line 564, in __init__
self.set(url)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/fetcher.py", line 597, in set
user, host = urllib.splituser(host)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/urllib.py", line 953, in splituser
match = _userprog.match(host)

TypeError: expected string or buffer
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I tried downgrading, but still had this issue when even opening smart. Is there some cache or directory I need to clean out in order to install as if new?

Edit: Sorry, stupid question...just search

I have a bit of a different problem. After upgrading SMART from the default SUSE 10.1 DVD (0.41.x I think), I added a repo from gwdg.de's apt server and received this error henceforth:
I tried downgrading, but still had this issue when even opening smart. Is there some cache or directory I need to clean out in order to install as if new?

Edit: Sorry, stupid question...just search
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I am getting the same error
any answers ???????

I ended up uninstalling, then cleaning out the SMART folder and reinstalling. I think you could get away with removing just the configuration file after uninstall, though.

I have a problem with Smart GUI. When I start it by clicking on the icon it starts with a GTK look but when I start it from the console "smart --gui" it starts as a KDE (QT??) look.

The problem is that the GTK look is just ugly for me (don't shoot me Gnome lovers ).

I have a problem with Smart GUI. When I start it by clicking on the icon it starts with a GTK look but when I start it from the console "smart --gui" it starts as a KDE (QT??) look.

The problem is that the GTK look is just ugly for me (don't shoot me Gnome lovers ).
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What your saying isn't accurate. Smart doesn't have support for QT yet. What your seeing is the KDE theme applied to smart. I have the same thing. It has absolutely nothing to do with smart.

What your saying isn't accurate. Smart doesn't have support for QT yet. What your seeing is the KDE theme applied to smart. I have the same thing. It has absolutely nothing to do with smart.
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I should have probably said that I am using opensuse 10.2. And when I was using 10.1 I didn't have this "problem".

When I clik on the Smart icon in the KDE "start" menu it starts with the Gnome look.
When I write in the console "smart --gui" in starts as a KDE look.

When I looked what the icon (shortcut) for the Smart run it said: "smart --gui", which confused me. What is the difference between running Smart GUI form console and from the KDE start button?

I solved this after setting up KDE's qt styles for root. It took me a couple times, but now my SMART gui matches the rest of my KDE theme.

I ended up uninstalling, then cleaning out the SMART folder and reinstalling. I think you could get away with removing just the configuration file after uninstall, though.
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thanks for the reply.........but now I have installed openSUSE 10.2so I need to do all this again.

Plus a new version of smar---------t0.50rc1 release 9 is out
http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/rpm-naviga...stem/smart-beta

will heed your advice in case any thing of that sort happens
thanks

I personally would stick with the stable branch of SMART to be on the safe side.

Did you upgrade, or do a clean install?