Yast software management doesn't launch

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Hi,

i have a problem with Yast , the control center launch corectly, but the yast software management won’t start and i get the following message in my terminal:

Run command: /sbin/yast2 sw_single &
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'YUIPluginException'
   what(): counldn't load plug-in qt
YaST got signal 6 at YCP file /usr/share/YaST2/modules/Wizard.rb:1885
/sbin/yast2: line 375:   6818 Aborted                 $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS

i have no idea why this happens and my research didn’t helped.
i don’t if i can reinstall Yast or something.

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Which version of openSUSE please!

3

Why are you running in a terminal?

  • YAST2 is the gui version which requires running in a Desktop (or Window Manager). If you have a Desktop installed, then it’s probably easier to launch from your Application Launcer/Main Menu.

  • If you don’t have a Desktop installed, eg you’re running in a command line only environment, then you shouldn’t be launching yast2, you should be launching yast which is the ncurses (text only) version. And, of course root permissions are required.

HTH,
TSU

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On 3/3/2014 5:56 PM, tsu2 wrote:
> - If you don’t have a Desktop installed, eg you’re running in a command
> line only environment, then you shouldn’t be launching yast2, you should
> be launching yast which is the ncurses (text only) version

Actually, yast is a link to yast2; as are YaST, YaST, zast, ZaST, ZaST2 and zast2 also links to yast2. See the
contents of /sbin.

–
P.V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you” Red Green

5

Apparently you’re missing the appropriate libyui-qt-pkg version. Maybe you have added the Factory repo and have a mixture between 13.1 (or whatever version you installed) and Factory?
Please post the output of:

zypper lr -d
rpm -qa | egrep "(yast|libyui)"
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I’m on opensuse 12.3.

I launch the gui from the terminal, it’s exactly the same as if i run it from my desktop, the error is the same, except i have my error message in my console.

  • i can’t launch only yast, Yast2 launch automatically.
  zypper lr -d
# | Alias                            | Name                             | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                      | Service
--+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Bocal                            | Bocal                            | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://repo.epitech.eu/opensuse/std                                      |        
2 | SuSE                             | SuSE                             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/SuSE/Tumbleweed/                        |        
3 | Tumbleweed                       | Tumbleweed                       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/standard/ |        
4 | google-chrome                    | google-chrome                    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64                      |        
5 | openSUSE Current OSS             | openSUSE Current OSS             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/repo/oss/     |        
6 | openSUSE Current OSS updates     | openSUSE Current OSS updates     | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/openSUSE-current/                    |        
7 | openSUSE Current non-OSS         | openSUSE Current non-OSS         | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/repo/non-oss/ |        
8 | openSUSE Current non-OSS updates | openSUSE Current non-OSS updates | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/openSUSE-non-oss-current/            |        

rpm -qa | egrep "(yast|libyui)"
libyui4-2.42.6-1.1.1.x86_64
libyui5-3.0.10-2.1.4.x86_64
libyui-ncurses4-2.43.3.1-1.5.1.x86_64
libyui-gtk-pkg5-2.42.9-2.1.5.x86_64
libreoffice-icon-theme-hicontrast-3.6.3.2.4-2.4.1.noarch
libyui-qt4-2.42.5-1.1.1.x86_64
libyui-gtk5-2.43.7-2.1.4.x86_64
libyui-gtk4-2.42.3-1.1.1.x86_64
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No, you’re not. According to your repo list, you’re on Tumbleweed which is based on 13.1.

rpm -qa | egrep "(yast|libyui)"
libyui4-2.42.6-1.1.1.x86_64
libyui5-3.0.10-2.1.4.x86_64
libyui-ncurses4-2.43.3.1-1.5.1.x86_64
libyui-gtk-pkg5-2.42.9-2.1.5.x86_64
libreoffice-icon-theme-hicontrast-3.6.3.2.4-2.4.1.noarch
libyui-qt4-2.42.5-1.1.1.x86_64
libyui-gtk5-2.43.7-2.1.4.x86_64
libyui-gtk4-2.42.3-1.1.1.x86_64

As expected you miss libyui-qt5 and libyui-qt-pkg5.
But OTOH you have libyui-gtk5 and libyui-gtk-pkg5 installed, so the Gtk version of YaST should work:

yast2 --gtk

Why it is trying to start the Qt version by default I don’t know, what Desktop Environment are you using?

If you do want to use the Qt version, install libyui-qt5 and libyui-qt-pkg5.

And please uninstall the packages libyui4, libyui-qt4, libyui-gtk4, and libyui-ncurses4. They are a left-over from 12.3 and are not used anymore.

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On 2014-03-06 10:46, clemband wrote:
>
> hcvv;2628330 Wrote:
>> Which version of openSUSE please!
>
> I’m on opensuse 12.3.

No, you are not.



> Code:
> --------------------
>       zypper lr -d
>   # | Alias                            | Name                             | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                      | Service
>   --+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
>   1 | Bocal                            | Bocal                            | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://repo.epitech.eu/opensuse/std                                      |
>   2 | SuSE                             | SuSE                             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.videolan.org/pub/SuSE/Tumbleweed/                        |
>   3 | Tumbleweed                       | Tumbleweed                       | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tumbleweed/standard/ |
>   4 | google-chrome                    | google-chrome                    | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64                      |
>   5 | openSUSE Current OSS             | openSUSE Current OSS             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/repo/oss/     |
>   6 | openSUSE Current OSS updates     | openSUSE Current OSS updates     | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/openSUSE-current/                    |
>   7 | openSUSE Current non-OSS         | openSUSE Current non-OSS         | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/repo/non-oss/ |
>   8 | openSUSE Current non-OSS updates | openSUSE Current non-OSS updates | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/openSUSE-non-oss-current/            |
> --------------------

You are on Tumbleweed, which at the moment is like 13.1+, on the way to
13.2.

As you probably are not using “zypper dup”, as mandatory for Tumbleweed,
you still have packages from 12.3, and the mixture breaks. Thus your
problem.

Notice that there is a specific subforum for Tumbleweed.

More info: Tumbleweed

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

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well if i do a cat /etc/SuSE-release i still have 12.3.

 
   openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64)
   VERSION = 12.3
   CODENAME = Dartmouth

So i don’t really know, it seem my school give us a custom Opensuse, and i don’t really want to modify it to much;

However, the gtk version seem to work fine, thank you all !

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On 2014-03-08 13:06, clemband wrote:

> well if i do a cat /etc/SuSE-release i still have 12.3.

Yes, that can happen.

> So i don’t really know, it seem my school give us a custom Opensuse, and
> i don’t really want to modify it to much;

Who activated the repos you have, them or you?

The problematic ones are those with “Tumbleweed” in the URL, and those
with “current” in the URL. Ie, all of them, but one for which I have no
data (host repo.epitech.eu doesn’t solve). Ok, the chrome repo is ok.

The “current” named repos are in fact pointers or symlinks to the the
current release, which at the moment is 13.1.

Check for yourself, your “oss” repo is this:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/openSUSE-current/repo/oss/

Go ahead, click on it. You will see a list of files. Open, for example,
the “content” file (it is plain text). Read the header carefully:


VENDOR        openSUSE
VERSION       13.1
RELEASE       1.10

So, that’s problem number one.

Problem number two, you also have the main Tumbleweed repository, which
is a factory version derivative.

The result then is that you have a mixture of packages from 12.3, 13.1,
and tumbleweed.

It is not even pure Tumbleweed, because as you are not aware that your
repos are setup for Tumbleweed, you have thus not read nor followed the
instructions for having a proper Tumbleweed install. Basically, that you
have to forget yast and zypper patch or zypper up, and instead use
“zypper dup” all the time.

And this is a dangerous route if you don’t know what you are doing, IMO.

So, who created those repository definitions, your school, or you?

If it was your school, then, IMNSHO, the person that did the setup is
daft. And you have to tell them of the problem they created.

If it was you, then you are excused because you are in a learning
process. Just undo… no, ask us again for a plan of attack.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

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IMHO it is either of two things:

  • the school is responsible for the system, thus they will have the root password and you don’t know it. And you can ask here of course, but then have to go to them to ask them to change your system;
  • you are responsible, and thus you are the the system manager who knows the root password and thus can decide for yourself what you do with the system (that may include making it an internaly consistent either 12.3, or 13.1 or Tumbleweed system, ventualy afer asking advice here).