Can't open printer dialog from Yast

[freefox]

Hi.

I often activate my wifi printer from the printer dialog that I start graphically from Yast, but for some reason the printer dialog doesn't pop up anymore? I have done some minor attempts to update to latest versions and restart, but without any success.

How do I debug what's going on? Where do I find the logs?
Can I open the printer dialog from command line, to hopefully get some more message about why it is not starting?

/freefox

[deano_ferrari]

Examine /var/log/YaST2/y2log for relevant errors. You could open a terminal and run

sudo tail -f /var/log/YaST2/y2log

then try launching the YaST > Hardware > Printer utility. Observe/capture the output, and post the output here if further assistance required.

[deano_ferrari]

I have done some minor attempts to update to latest versions and restart, but without any success.

Best to tell us exactly what steps you did here. How did you update specifically?

Are your repos consistent for TW?

zypper lr -d

[freefox]

Examine /var/log/YaST2/y2log for relevant errors.

 2017-09-09 12:20:40 <2> linux-65mt(3502) [ui] YUILoader.cc(loadPlugin):195     THROW:    Couldn't load plug-in qt2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [Ruby] bin/y2start:16 y2base called with ["printer", "qt", "-name", "YaST2", "-icon", "yast"]
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui-component] YUIComponentCreator.cc(createInternal):124 Creating UI component for ""
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YSettings.cc(setProgDir):61 Set progDir to "/usr/share/YaST2"
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YSettings.cc(setProgDir):62 progDir is now locked.
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YSettings.cc(setLocaleDir):147 Set localeDir to "/usr/share/YaST2/locale"
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YSettings.cc(setLocaleDir):148 localeDir is now locked.
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):49 Given filename: libyui-qt.so.8
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YSettings.cc(progDir):74 progDir: "/usr/share/YaST2"
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):65 Preferring subdir: /usr/share/YaST2
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):66 Subdir given with filename: 
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):67 Looking for: libyui-qt.so.8
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YPath.cc(lsDir):138 Looking in /usr/lib64/yui
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <1> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):121 Could NOT find libyui-qt.so.8 by looking recursive inside /usr/lib64/yui
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <3> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YUIPlugin.cc(YUIPlugin):50 Could not load UI plugin "qt": libyui-qt.so.8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
2017-09-10 05:54:50 <2> linux-65mt(9505) [ui] YUILoader.cc(loadPlugin):195     THROW:    Couldn't load plug-in qt

Great! This points out that I have lost QT or parts of it.
Here are my repos:

zypper lr -d
Repository priorities are without effect. All enabled repositories share the same priority.


# | Alias               | Name                        | Enabled | GPG Check | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                    | Service
--+---------------------+-----------------------------+---------+-----------+---------+----------+--------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | adobe               | adobe                       | Yes     | ( p) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/x86_64/                           |        
2 | openSUSE-20161003-0 | openSUSE-20161003-0         | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-MATSHITADVD-RAM_UJ880AS_UG52_090134 |
3 | repo-debug          | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Debug   | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/tumbleweed/repo/oss/        | 
4 | repo-non-oss        | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Non-Oss | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/non-oss/      |
5 | repo-oss            | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss     | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/                  |
6 | repo-source         | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Source  | No      | ----      | ----    |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/tumbleweed/repo/oss/        |
7 | repo-update         | openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Update  | Yes     | (r ) Yes  | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/tumbleweed/

But how do I get QT back in place?

# zypper if qt
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...




package 'qt' not found.

/freefox

[Miuku]

This actually sounds like an issue where the libyu qt8 packages are missing, try this;

sudo zypper in libyui-qt8 libyui-qt-pkg8

[freefox]

It looks like it is not in any of the repos?

# zypper in liblibyui-qt8 libyui-qt8-pkg8Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Package 'libyui-qt8-pkg8' not found.
'liblibyui-qt8' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of 'liblibyui-qt8' found.
Resolving package dependencies...


Nothing to do.

[deano_ferrari]

It looks like it is not in any of the repos?

# zypper in liblibyui-qt8 libyui-qt8-pkg8Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Package 'libyui-qt8-pkg8' not found.
'liblibyui-qt8' not found in package names. Trying capabilities.
No provider of 'liblibyui-qt8' found.
Resolving package dependencies...


Nothing to do.

No such packages

Copy the command as it was given to you. It should be 'libyui-qt8' and 'libyui-qt-pkg8'.

[Miuku]

Copy the command as it was given to you. It should be 'libyui-qt8'.

This was actually my mistake, fire was so fast he must've seen my pre-edit one. OP; please check my revised post a minute after I posted it :-)

I should just copy paste and not type them by hand..

[freefox]

Thank you very much! Just wanted to confirm that it works now!

/freefox