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#1

Hello
I install openSUSE not long ago. I can’t really say i feel comfortable, since i got too much used of Ubuntu.
Yesterday I saw some notification of openSUSE about some updates and I let is do it. But there where to many conficts (actually i didn’t took much interest in it) and every time i made the choice “try again”. That didn’t work out so i choose “ingore the packages”.
After a reboot i noticed that there was no KDE! In the choices before logging in i can choose between logging with IceWM, TWM and failsafe! I thought that i should re install kde through the one-click install (bottom here KDE - KDE SC 4.5.3 Info Page) but i had the same conficts again.
So, long story short, what should i do now? I would re-install the distribution but i don’t really feel like it now. Is there any idea about these problems?

PS: I install the 64bit version ofopenSUSE from a dvd that Novell hands out.
PS: Sorry for the wrong use of English ect, i’m doing my best.

#2

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> Yesterday I saw some notification of openSUSE about some updates and I
> let is do it. But there where to many conficts (actually i didn’t took
> much interest in it) and every time i made the choice “try again”. That
> didn’t work out so i choose “ingore the packages”.
Feel happy that your system still boot

Please post the output of the command “zypper lr -d”

VampirD

Microsoft Windows is like air conditioning
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#3

thanks for the quick reply
Actually i really appreciate the part about still booting…

> zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                               | Name                                | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                           | Service
---+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1  | KDE:Distro:Factory                  | KDE:Distro:Factory                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Distro:/Factory/openSUSE_11.3/ |        
2  | Libdvdcss repository                | Libdvdcss repository                | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.3/                                          |        
3  | Packman Repository                  | Packman Repository                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/11.3/                     |        
4  | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/                                     |        
5  | ftp.uni-erlangen.de-suse            | Packman Repository                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/11.3/                     |        
6  | libdvdcss                           | libdvdcss                           | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://www.opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.3                                       |        
7  | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82             | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82             | Yes     | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0                                                       |        
8  | packman                             | packman                             | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/11.3                                             |        
9  | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-11.3-Debug                 | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/                |        
10 | repo-non-oss                        | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/                  |        
11 | repo-oss                            | openSUSE-11.3-Oss                   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/                      |        
12 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-11.3-Source                | No      | Yes     |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/               |
#4

Did YaST tell you why it had those conflicts? Typically, ignoring dependencies (which is most probably what you did) results in a system with packages incompatible to each other. Depending on the exact packages this may result in a desktop environment not starting or even an unbootable system. One should never accept to ignore that.

You should take much more care with the package management. Taking a look at your repositories, I see that you have three different Packman mirrors enabled, one (#2) doesn’t even seem to be a proper source for packages (gives me a 403-error) I suggest to:

  • tidy your list of repositories, cut it down to oss, non-oss, update and one Packman (I recommend to kick the KDE-Factory and Videolan repository as well)
  • then run
zypper ve

…that will check your installed packages for missing dependencies and incompatibilities and (hopefully) fix them.

#5

open YaST, go to Software > Software Repositories and disable these repos:

1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 12

leave enable one instance each of oss, non-oss, update and packman

then open a terminal and do these, ONE line at a time and wait until
all stuff has stopped and you are returned to the prompt, then go to
the next line…


su -        < do not miss the " -", and give root password when asked
zypper ref
zypper dup

–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]

#6

First of all, i want to thank you for your time, i 'm starting to believe that something good while come out of this

I had some problems with yast. I couldn’t run it in a window mode (when i clicked him in the menu, the terminal asking for root’s pass came up but then there was nothing but i messeged i didn’t success in reading, since it closed down as soon as it came up). I opened yast in terminal mode and i remove the repositories DenverD told.

I should note that i run every command twice because the first time firefox crashed while i was writing my reply to the thread. The first time there where more confictions, i supposed that some problems where resolved then. In every conflict i was choosing the ignore choice, since retrying it didn’t give any results.


# zypper lr -d
#  | Alias                               | Name                                | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type   | URI                                                                           | Service
---+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1  | KDE:Distro:Factory                  | KDE:Distro:Factory                  | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Distro:/Factory/openSUSE_11.3/ |        
2  | Libdvdcss repository                | Libdvdcss repository                | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.3/                                          |        
3  | Packman Repository                  | Packman Repository                  | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/11.3/                     |        
4  | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82 | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.3/                                     |        
5  | ftp.uni-erlangen.de-suse            | Packman Repository                  | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/packman/suse/11.3/                     |        
6  | libdvdcss                           | libdvdcss                           | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://www.opensuse-guide.org/repo/11.3                                       |        
7  | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82             | openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82             | Yes     | No      |   99     | yast2  | cd:///?devices=/dev/sr0                                                       |        
8  | packman                             | packman                             | No      | No      |   99     | rpm-md | http://packman.inode.at/suse/11.3                                             |        
9  | repo-debug                          | openSUSE-11.3-Debug                 | No      | No      |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/                |        
10 | repo-non-oss                        | openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss               | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/non-oss/                  |        
11 | repo-oss                            | openSUSE-11.3-Oss                   | Yes     | Yes     |   99     | yast2  | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/                      |        
12 | repo-source                         | openSUSE-11.3-Source                | No      | No      |   99     | NONE   | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.3/repo/oss/               |

i run zypper ref so there would be an update:

# zypper ref
Repository 'Packman Repository' is up to date.
Repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Non-Oss' is up to date.
Repository 'openSUSE-11.3-Oss' is up to date.
All repositories have been refreshed.

Then i run the command zypper ve

zypper ve
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

Problem: cannot install both k3b-1.93.0-1.4.i586 and k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.i586
 Solution 1: Following actions will be done:
  deinstallation of k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.i586
  deinstallation of k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.15.i586
  downgrade of k3b-lang-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.noarch to k3b-lang-1.93.0-1.4.noarch
  install k3b-lang-1.93.0-1.4.noarch (with vendor change)
    http://packman.links2linux.de  -->  openSUSE
 Solution 2: deinstallation of k3b-1.93.0-1.4.i586

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): 1
Resolving dependencies...

The following packages are going to be REMOVED:
  k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.15 k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23 kaddressbook kde4-kgreeter-plugins kdepim4-runtime kdepim4-wizards kgamma kipi-plugins-acquireimage kmail ksnapshot okular 

The following package is going to be downgraded:
  k3b-lang 

The following package is going to change vendor:
  k3b-lang  http://packman.links2linux.de -> openSUSE


1 package to downgrade, 11 to remove, 1 to change vendor.
Overall download size: 1.8 MiB. After the operation, 45.1 MiB will be freed.
Some of the dependencies of installed packages are broken. In order to fix these dependencies, the following actions need to be taken:
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Removing okular-4.4.4-1.4 [error]
Removal of (31045)okular-4.4.4-1.4.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package okular-4.4.4-1.4.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.15 [error]
Removal of (30539)k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.15.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.15.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23 [done]
Removing kaddressbook-4.4.4-2.4 [error]
Removal of (30542)kaddressbook-4.4.4-2.4.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package kaddressbook-4.4.4-2.4.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing kde4-kgreeter-plugins-4.4.4-5.1 [error]
Removal of (30553)kde4-kgreeter-plugins-4.4.4-5.1.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package kde4-kgreeter-plugins-4.4.4-5.1.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing kdepim4-wizards-4.4.4-2.4 [error]
Removal of (30583)kdepim4-wizards-4.4.4-2.4.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package kdepim4-wizards-4.4.4-2.4.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing kgamma-4.4.4-1.4 [error]
Removal of (30596)kgamma-4.4.4-1.4.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package kgamma-4.4.4-1.4.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing kipi-plugins-acquireimage-1.2.0-5.11 [error]
Removal of (30607)kipi-plugins-acquireimage-1.2.0-5.11.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package kipi-plugins-acquireimage-1.2.0-5.11.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing kmail-4.4.4-2.4 [error]
Removal of (30613)kmail-4.4.4-2.4.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package kmail-4.4.4-2.4.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing kdepim4-runtime-4.4.4-1.4 [error]
Removal of (30581)kdepim4-runtime-4.4.4-1.4.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package kdepim4-runtime-4.4.4-1.4.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Removing ksnapshot-4.4.4-1.4 [error]
Removal of (30639)ksnapshot-4.4.4-1.4.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package ksnapshot-4.4.4-1.4.i586 is not installed


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Retrieving package k3b-lang-1.93.0-1.4.noarch (1/1), 1.8 MiB (12.6 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: k3b-lang-1.93.0-1.4.noarch.rpm [done (313.2 KiB/s)]
Installing: k3b-lang-1.93.0-1.4 [done]

Finally i run the command zypper dup

# zypper dup
Warning: You are about to do a distribution upgrade with all enabled repositories. Make sure these repositories are compatible before you continue. See 'man zypper' for more information about this command.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Computing distribution upgrade...

The following package is going to be REMOVED:
  k3b 

The following packages are going to be upgraded:
  k3b k3b-lang libquicktime 

The following package is going to be downgraded:
  kde4-filesystem 

The following packages are going to change vendor:
  k3b              openSUSE -> http://packman.links2linux.de
  k3b-lang         openSUSE -> http://packman.links2linux.de
  kde4-filesystem  obs://build.opensuse.org/KDE -> openSUSE 


3 packages to upgrade, 1 to downgrade, 1 to remove, 3  to change vendor.
Overall download size: 8.4 MiB. After the operation, 15.5 MiB will be freed.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Retrieving package kde4-filesystem-4.4.4-1.2.i586 (1/4), 44.0 KiB (31.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: kde4-filesystem-4.4.4-1.2.i586.rpm [done (41.6 KiB/s)]
Installing: kde4-filesystem-4.4.4-1.2 [done]
Retrieving package libquicktime-1.1.5-4.3.1.i586 (2/4), 264.0 KiB (911.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: libquicktime-1.1.5-4.3.1.i586.rpm [done (43.1 KiB/s)]
Installing: libquicktime-1.1.5-4.3.1 [done]
Retrieving package k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.i586 (3/4), 6.3 MiB (13.9 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.i586.rpm [done (905.0 KiB/s)]
Installing: k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23 [error]
Installation of k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23 failed:
(with --nodeps --force) Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: warning: /var/cache/zypp/packages/Packman Repository/i586/k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 9a795806: NOKEY
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/libk3blib.so.6.0.0;4cec17da: cpio: Digest mismatch


Abort, retry, ignore? [a/r/i] (a): i
Retrieving package k3b-lang-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.noarch (4/4), 1.7 MiB (12.3 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: k3b-lang-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.noarch.rpm [done (996.0 KiB/s)]
Installing: k3b-lang-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23 [done]
Additional rpm output:
warning: /var/cache/zypp/packages/Packman Repository/noarch/k3b-lang-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 9a795806: NOKEY
#7

i rebooted to see if there where any changes and YAST was back to normal. Everything else is still the same though

I’m going to sleep so i want make any more changes till tomorrow. But there is no holding back in you suggesting solutions :slight_smile:

#8

Your choices make no sense:

zypper ve
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

Problem: cannot install both k3b-1.93.0-1.4.i586 and k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.i586
 Solution 1: Following actions will be done:
  deinstallation of k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.i586
  deinstallation of k3b-2.0.1-1.pm.2.15.i586
  downgrade of k3b-lang-2.0.1-1.pm.2.23.noarch to k3b-lang-1.93.0-1.4.noarch
  install k3b-lang-1.93.0-1.4.noarch (with vendor change)
    http://packman.links2linux.de  -->  openSUSE
 Solution 2: deinstallation of k3b-1.93.0-1.4.i586

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/c] (c): 1

Take ‘2’ instead.

You obviously have mixed up the rpm-database as well:

Removing okular-4.4.4-1.4 [error]
Removal of (31045)okular-4.4.4-1.4.i586(@System) failed:
Error: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: error: package okular-4.4.4-1.4.i586 is not installed

…most probably by interrupting an installation process. You might have borked YaST with a likewise action as well.

Try this:

rpm --rebuilddb

…and then again:

zypper ve

Really, you should be more careful with package management.

…is not a good approach.

#9

I run the rpm --rebuilddb command and then went for zypper ve. I run the second command three times and everything went ok now, here are the results

# zypper ve
Retrieving repository 'Packman Repository' metadata [done]
Building repository 'Packman Repository' cache [done]
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

The following packages are going to be REMOVED:
  kaddressbook kde4-kgreeter-plugins kdepim4-runtime kdepim4-wizards kgamma 
  kipi-plugins-acquireimage kmail ksnapshot okular 

9 packages to remove.
After the operation, 17.6 MiB will be freed.
Some of the dependencies of installed packages are broken. In order to fix these dependencies, the following actions need to be taken:
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Removing okular-4.4.4-2.1.1 [done]
Removing kaddressbook-4.4.4-3.1.1 [done]
Removing kde4-kgreeter-plugins-4.4.4-6.1.1 [done]
Removing kdepim4-wizards-4.4.4-3.1.1 [done]
Removing kgamma-4.4.4-2.1.1 [done]
Removing kipi-plugins-acquireimage-1.2.0-6.1.1 [done]
Removing kmail-4.4.4-3.1.1 [done]
Removing kdepim4-runtime-4.4.4-2.1.1 [done]
Removing ksnapshot-4.4.4-2.1.1 [done

# zypper ve
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

The following NEW packages are going to be installed:
  kde4-kgreeter-plugins kdepim4-runtime 

2 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 1.1 MiB. After the operation, additional 4.6 MiB will be 
used.
Some of the dependencies of installed packages are broken. In order to fix these dependencies, the following actions need to be taken:
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Retrieving package kdepim4-runtime-4.4.4-2.1.1.i586 (1/2), 1.1 MiB (4.5 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: kdepim4-runtime-4.4.4-2.1.1.i586.rpm [done (206.5 KiB/s)]
Installing: kdepim4-runtime-4.4.4-2.1.1 [done]
Retrieving package kde4-kgreeter-plugins-4.4.4-6.1.1.i586 (2/2), 35.0 KiB (94.0 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: kde4-kgreeter-plugins-4.4.4-6.1.1.i586.rpm [done (47.4 KiB/s)]
Installing: kde4-kgreeter-plugins-4.4.4-6.1.1 [done]

# zypper ve
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

Dependencies of all installed packages are satisfied.

So the major problems seem to have gone. Should i try to install kde again? How should i do it?

#10

KDE4 should still be present - at least I don’t see it was removed. What happens now if you try to log in?

#11

the autologin gets me to an IceWM enviroment. If i log out and try to choose something else my choices are: preset, IceWM, TWM, Fail Safe

#12

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Adding to DenverD’s commands, run “zypper clean -a” before “zypper ref”,

VampirD

Microsoft Windows is like air conditioning
Stops working when you open a window.
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#13

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Press CTRL+ALT+F1, then login as root and type “startkde” and see
what happen…

VampirD

Microsoft Windows is like air conditioning
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#14

i pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 and the computer went in a terminal like state. I used root as a username and then entered my pass. I soon i logged on (always in the terminal state) i typed startkde and the system told me that there is no such command and i should try cnf startkde

#15

On 11/24/2010 10:36 AM, pensivemood wrote:
>
> i pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 and the computer went in a terminal like state. I
> used root as a username and then entered my pass. I soon i logged on
> (always in the terminal state) i typed startkde and the system told me
> that there is no such command and i should try cnf startkde

You should NEVER NEVER NEVER try to do any GUI stuff as root!!! If you
want to learn why, search the Forum archives.

The CTRL+ALT+Fx terminals are there for you to be able to do command-line stuff
as needed.

The proper command to be used is ‘startx’, but if you use it as root and you
hose your system, I hope you have a backup. In addition, please do not complain
here how bad openSUSE is. Just quietly restore.

#16

so i shouldn’t use startx. I just installed openSUSE and don’t have anything to backup, i just encounter some problems and try to resolve them, re-install would be the easy way
And something more:
I NEVER told anything bad about openSUSE, don’t be so touchy! I’m a gnu/linux user myself you know… (i’m no expert though)

#17

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:26:43 +0530, Larry Finger
<Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:

> On 11/24/2010 10:36 AM, pensivemood wrote:
>>
>> i pressed CTRL+ALT+F1 and the computer went in a terminal like state. I
>> used root as a username and then entered my pass. I soon i logged on
>> (always in the terminal state) i typed startkde and the system told me
>> that there is no such command and i should try cnf startkde
>
> You should NEVER NEVER NEVER try to do any GUI stuff as root!!! If
> you
> want to learn why, search the Forum archives.
>
> The CTRL+ALT+Fx terminals are there for you to be able to do
> command-line stuff
> as needed.
>
> The proper command to be used is ‘startx’, but if you use it as root and
> you
> hose your system, I hope you have a backup. In addition, please do not
> complain
> here how bad openSUSE is. Just quietly restore.

um, he got the idea here from this forum; VampirD suggested it. and it is
a bad idea, also in my opinion. you don’t have to be root to start X from
the command line. normal user account can do it, with much less likelyhood
to create a (bigger) mess. and the command to do this is “startx”. far as
i know, you use “startkde” from within X.

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phani.

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Yes, I know that, but…, I want to avoid any proble with the user KDE
profile, so use root (only to see if it start not for use it), and the
command startx start the X system with the default desktop (IceWM), the
command startkde start KDE, and if the system return that cannot found
it, there is a problem on the KDE installation, try cnf startkde and
install the package, “zypper in kdebase4-workspace”, I think there still
are some conflicts

VampirD

Microsoft Windows is like air conditioning
Stops working when you open a window.
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#19

i tried to startx after C+A+F1 but i got a message about “server is already active for display 0” and something about “rm /tmp/.X0-lock”. I tried to remove is (it is in the tmp folder, it’s no harm, right? ) but nothing came out of it

i went for startkde again, as a logged user in IceWM, see for yourself

-----@---------------:~> startkde
If 'startkde' is not a typo you can use command-not-found to lookup the package that contains it, like this:
    cnf startkde
-----@---------------:~> cnf startkde
                        
The program 'startkde' can be found in following packages:
  * kdebase4-workspace  path: /usr/bin/startkde, repository: zypp (Updates for openSUSE 11.3 11.3-1.82) ]
  * kdebase4-workspace  path: /usr/bin/startkde, repository: zypp (repo-oss) ]
  * kdebase4-workspace  path: /usr/bin/startkde, repository: zypp (openSUSE-11.3 11.3-1.82) ]

Try installing with:
    sudo zypper install kdebase4-workspace

-----@---------------:~> sudo zypper install kdebase4-workspace
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
'kdebase4-workspace' is already installed.
No update candidate for 'kdebase4-workspace-4.4.4-6.1.1.i586'. The highest available version is already installed.
Resolving package dependencies...

Nothing to do.
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#20

Seems like your rpm-database is still in chaos. You seem to have interrupted quite some installations / updates before they were finished.
I normally don’t but at this point I suggest a reinstall (of the entire system).