Cant Run YaST anymore

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I just switched from Ubuntu to SUSE (Running 11.1). I was doing fine until I installed Kompozer. YaST didn’t detect any dependency issues so I thought all was fine. After the installation, the desktop lost its links and icons and the Software Manager no longer run.

I get the following error messages when I try to run YaST or the software manager:

/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base: /lib/libgcc_s.so.1: version GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6) /usr/lib/YaST2/plugin/libpy2gtk.so.2: /lib/libgcc_s.so.1: version GCC_4.2.0’ not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)
/usr/lib/YaST2/bin/y2base: /lib/libgcc_s.so.1: version GCC_4.2.0' not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6) Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "gnomebreakpad": /lib/libgcc_s.so.1: version GCC_4.2.0’ not found (required by /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6)

Is this one of those situations where I get to retrieve my installation CD and start afresh or is there another way around this?

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Have you tried running Yast from the command line? It works in the terminal console too.

As root, run “yast2” I believe, and that should produce a terminal-formatted Yast instance which may bypass any gui/gnome dependencies.

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Issuing yast2 in the terminal only revealed concealed error messages:

** (y2controlcenter-gnome:5109): WARNING **: error accessing /desktop/gnome/applications/y2cc-gnome/cc_exit_shell_on_action_start [Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See GConf configuration system for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.)]

the command still opened some gui’s (output was not strictly restricted to the terminal)

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What about doing Cntrl + F2 to go to a terminal session, log in and try it there? There is no X running so no GUI should be launched.

Otherwise, I am not experienced enough with Yast or Zypper to know what to do next. Maybe the openSUSE CD/DVD contains a “Repair” feature?

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…off to try. Will be back with results