yast locked

English Install/Boot/Login
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To use yast and open office on beta 4 enter:

chuck@linux:~> sudo zypper refresh
root’s password:
System management is locked by the application with pid 4916 (/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base).
Close this application before trying again.
chuck@linux:~>

What does this mean and how to fix it, cannot use yast, repos added to list. :frowning:

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  • oilpaint wrote, On 11/08/2008 01:56 PM:
    > To use yast and open office on beta 4 enter:
    >
    > chuck@linux:~> sudo zypper refresh
    > root’s password:
    > System management is locked by the application with pid 4916
    > (/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base).
    > Close this application before trying again.

It’s the updater applett or something like that. On a console:
sudo kill 4916

Uwe

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y2base is YaST itself. Close its window or use the kill command as buckesfeld suggested.