Erratic Yast2 Software Management behaviour

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#1

Can anyone help me to solve these annoying problems I have with Yast2 Software Management?

  1. Sometimes when starting Yast2 Software Management it fails to connect to the SW repositories. It happens inevitably (i.e. without exception) at the first attempt after a fresh boot up, and sometimes otherwise. I can only retry or abort, and retrying usually brings no success anyway. Is it perhaps due to a time-out somewhere?

  2. If I click on the ‘abort’ button (see above) or ‘cancel’ in Yast otherwise, I inevitably (i.e. without exception) get the following type of error message

** (<unknown>:4220): CRITICAL **: giop_thread_request_push: assertion `tdata != NULL' failed

** (&lt;unknown&gt;:4220): CRITICAL **: giop_thread_request_push: assertion `tdata != NULL' failed

** (<unknown>:4220): CRITICAL **: giop_thread_request_push: assertion `tdata != NULL' failed

** (&lt;unknown&gt;:4220): CRITICAL **: giop_thread_request_push: assertion `tdata != NULL' failed

(sometimes only 2 identical lines of error code)

I am running OpenSuse 11.3 with Gnome.

I look forward to hearing your suggestions.

#2

Is that the same computer as in your other thread?

Slow startup after login

Your installation could be borked somewhat.

#3

Some users who failed to disable ipv6 upon installing their openSUSE have encountered this. I recommend you give consideration to disabling ipv6.

#4

Yes, it is. Acer Travelmate 2490

#5

Did that in Network Services > Network Settings. No noticeable improvement :frowning:

#6

Thats not enough. You also need to disable it as a boot code.

#7

After doing it from the network settings, I was required to reboot, which I did. Is that not enough? Or how else do I disable it as boot code?

#8

I read from the others that you have/had allready some other problems that might be related to this one.

Nevertheless I would like to point you to the fact that when your update applet is checking for updates (and that happens often right after boot) you can not use any software install product at the same time. Thus either wait until the applet is ready or kill the applet. YaST tells this in a message that clearly says that another prcocess is blocking. You do not report any message, you only say it fails to connect, but you do not tell how you know, thus I can not know.

#9

The method for disabling ipv6 changed, either in openSUSE-11.2 or 11.3, and one must pass a boot code to the kernel for the disable to succeed. Specifically type this in the grub option line:

ipv6.disable=1

Also, keep your repositories to the minimum. I recommend 4. You do NOT need any more. Keep them down to OSS, Non-OSS, Update and Packman. Only add others if needed for special applications (not on the 4 repos I mentioned) and then as soon as you completed installing the application from a 5th repos, remove the 5th repos. That simple act is better to avoid instability, to avoid dependency problems, and it will speed up your installations/updates.

#10

where do i specifically go to disable this grub option??

#11

In the options line of the grub boot menu.

When you first turn on your PC, typically grub will load, giving you a choice of openSUSE, or openSUSE fail safe, or Windows (if installed) … if you press a key at that time (other than the arrow keys or enter) the key (such as an i or p or v … etc … ) will appear in the options line of the grub boot menu.

#12

thank you, wise one…

#13

I am now running OpenSuse 11.4 / KDE4. The problem described in this thread is no longer evident. Obviously, there must be several settings which are different after the update to 11.4, so it is impossible to tell where a solution for my 11.3 configuration may have lain. However, the problem persisted as long as I was running 11.3.