Software management problems

Hi all!

Hope this is in the right section…

I’m having trouble installing software. When I start the ‘Software Managemanet’ module in Yast, I get the following message:

mapping pread: Success
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
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mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
mapping pread: Invalid argument
YaST got signal 11 at YCP file PackageSystem.ycp:59
/sbin/yast2: line 437:  9292 Segmentation fault      $ybindir/y2base $module "$@" "$SELECTED_GUI" $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS

And then it quits.

Updates are also not working for me. KDEUpdater applet reports 'an error has occured’and clicking on ‘More’ it tells me that there are no updates availible, and yet it’s been about 4 weeks since my last one, so it must be broken! :slight_smile:

Anyone got any ideas?

Cheers peeps!

Steve

Try using zypper to fix things?

error with zypper - openSUSE Forums