On 06/20/2011 09:06 AM, Carl H wrote:
>
> I’ve had openSUSE 11.4 installed for about a week. I’m having some
> issues with installing updates. The first time I tried to run the
> updater, I eventually killed it because I assumed it had crashed because
> nothing happened for about five minutes. The second time was the same
> thing again, but this time I realised that it was asking for the root
> password and the popup box was behind the main window where I couldn’t
> see it.
>
> With the password in, a few packages seem to get installed, and then
> the process stops due to “an unexpected error”. The report log (from
> clicking ‘Details’) says that the user has cancelled the process - but I
> never touched it!
>
> When I shut the machine down, I get a message saying that KPolicykit
> has crashed.
>
> I’ve tried a few times now and get the same result every time.
>
> Prior to this, I had an issue with Firefox not starting (“could not
> load XPCOM”), so I removed it and reinstalled it via Yast. That did not
> complete either, but Firefox worked properly afterwards.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
have you adjusted your policyKit details, either directly or via YaST?
if you have, good luck…i once locked myself out of my computer (even
knowing the root password)…the default is just fine…leave it alone,
if you changed it, i’d suggest you un-change it.
you don’t mention which desktop environment you use, so i assume the
same as mine (KDE), and:
i advise you to right click the kpackagekit icon and select configure
and set it to never do anything…just ignore it until it is fixed…
until then do all updates using YaST > Online Update, and do all
application installs via YaST > Software Management…
so, try and let us know if you still have errors…
finally: when doing updates or installs/uninstalls with YaST you must
have some patience…there is a LOT of stuff going on…
going on between your machine and several servers somewhere on the
net…most of which are freely providing some level of bandwidth to you,
and the openSUSE community–many are on government or university servers
and the owners of those servers restrict the data flow rate as they
wish to make sure enough power is available for their own users…so,
sometimes (often times) stuff moves slow…
i recommend you not abort any YaST operation, ever…if at all
possible…just sit on your hands, or go for a walk…if you don’t have
ten minutes spare time available to receive free software, then don’t
begin the process…
ymmv
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dd
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