OpenSUSE-Updater backend?

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#1

I’ve just installed 11.0 (32-bit) and the updater shows an amber warning
triangle with the message “Error: backend plugin is not properly
configured. Please use the configuration dialog to chose the correct one”.
I tried “Configure Applet” but as the drop-down window against “backend” is
empty of any plugins, proper or not, I seem to have arrived at a dead end.
I haven’t had this problem with 64-bit installations.

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Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy

#2
  1. Open YaST and walk through the “Online Update Config” module.
  2. Re-install zypper and PackageKit
  3. Restart zypper and update applet
#3

Cryovac wrote:

>
> 1. Open YaST and walk through the “Online Update Config” module.
> 2. Re-install zypper and PackageKit
> 3. Restart zypper and update applet
>
>

Thanks, that worked but I had my doubts for a while. I went through the
process once - PackageKit was a new install and after selecting zypper for
update YAST did nothing - then tried rebooting but nothing changed. Then I
tried re-installing zypper again and this time YAST did it. After another
reboot updater was working.

Thanks again.

Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy

#4

I’m getting the same error and this repair doesn’t seem to be working. What am I missing? Opensuse 11 64 ibt