synaptiks window will not open

Hello,

I’m running 12.3 64 bit with kde

linux-7v9h:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d # synaptiks -v
Qt: 4.8.4
KDE Development Platform: 4.10.5 "release 1"
synaptiks: 0.8.1
linux-7v9h:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d # 

recently I have had a problem with the synaptik window not opening alongside freezing occurring when the laptop(Sony Vaio) comes out of sleep.

The package has not been modified and has been purged/re-installed clean in order to ensure that this was not a “me” thing.

I have furthermore reviewed a file referred to in other posts:

linux-7v9h:~ # rpm -fq /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
xf86-input-synaptics-1.6.3-1.1.1.x86_64
linux-7v9h:~ # rpm -V xf86-input-synaptics-1.6.3-1.1.1.x86_64
linux-7v9h:~ # 

The icon appears in the application panel, and responds properly to right click
I have the ability to disable my touchpad from this action as well by custom hot-key configuration (ctrl-alt-t)
The expected behavior is that when I click on the “Synaptik” icon a configuration window would appear.

any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

C

I’ve only just stumbled across this thread, while responding to another user with a different synaptiks issue. Anyway, I became aware that I had the same issue as you’ve described (I’m have openSUSE 12.2 installed)

synaptiks -v
Qt: 4.8.4
KDE Development Platform: 4.10.5 "release 4"
synaptiks: 0.8.1

I found a couple of bugs related to python, for different openSUSE versions (but more related to python version conflicts):

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799925
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=785078

When I was attempting to start synaptiks from the command prompt, I was getting the same errors reported as in the above bug reports.

Anyway, I found the solution that worked for me was some manual package management, including the upgrading of upgrade python-sip, which involved downgrading python-kt4, then re-installing python-qt4 (with an alternative package)

# zypper up python-sip
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

Problem: qt4-qtscript-0.2.0-20.5.x86_64 requires libqt4 = 4.8.4, but this 
requirement cannot be provided
  deleted providers: libqt4-4.8.4-313.1.x86_64
 Solution 1: downgrade of python-qt4-4.10-104.4.x86_64 to 
python-qt4-4.9.1-2.1.2.x86_64
 Solution 2: downgrade of qt4-qtscript-0.2.0-20.5.x86_64 to 
qt4-qtscript-0.2.0-2.1.x86_64
 Solution 3: do not install python-sip-4.14.7-106.1.x86_64
 Solution 4: do not install python-sip-4.14.7-106.1.x86_64
 Solution 5: break qt4-qtscript-0.2.0-20.5.x86_64 by ignoring some of its 
dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/3/4/5/c] (c): 1
Resolving dependencies...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following package is going to be upgraded:
  python-sip 

The following package is going to be downgraded:
  python-qt4 

The following package is going to change vendor:
  python-qt4  obs://build.opensuse.org/KDE -> openSUSE


1 package to upgrade, 1 to downgrade, 1 to change vendor.
Overall download size: 3.2 MiB. After the operation, 76.8 KiB will be 
freed.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Retrieving package python-sip-4.14.7-106.1.x86_64                       
(1/2),  57.0 KiB (125.9 KiB unpacked)
Retrieving: python-sip-4.14.7-106.1.x86_64.rpm 
...........................................[done (17.5 KiB/s)]
Retrieving package python-qt4-4.9.1-2.1.2.x86_64                        
(2/2),   3.2 MiB ( 19.4 MiB unpacked)
Retrieving: python-qt4-4.9.1-2.1.2.x86_64.rpm 
.............................................[done (1.1 MiB/s)]
Installing: python-sip-4.14.7-106.1 
...................................................................[done]
Installing: python-qt4-4.9.1-2.1.2 
....................................................................[done]
linux-akl:~ # zypper up python-qt4
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
There is an update candidate for 'python-qt4', but it is from different 
vendor. Use 'zypper install python-qt4-4.10.2-110.1.x86_64' to install 
this candidate.
Resolving package dependencies...

Nothing to do.
linux-akl:~ # zypper install python-qt4-4.10.2
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

Problem: python-qt4-4.10.2-110.1.x86_64 requires libqt4-x11 >= 4.8.5, but 
this requirement cannot be provided
  uninstallable providers: libqt4-x11-4.8.5-325.1.i586[kde410]
                   libqt4-x11-4.8.5-325.1.x86_64[kde410]
 Solution 1: downgrade of qt4-qtscript-0.2.0-20.5.x86_64 to 
qt4-qtscript-0.2.0-2.1.x86_64
 Solution 2: do not install python-qt4-4.10.2-110.1.x86_64
 Solution 3: do not install python-qt4-4.10.2-110.1.x86_64
 Solution 4: break python-qt4-4.10.2-110.1.x86_64 by ignoring some of its 
dependencies

Choose from above solutions by number or cancel [1/2/3/4/c] (c): 4
Resolving dependencies...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following package is going to be upgraded:
  python-qt4 

The following package is going to change vendor:
  python-qt4  openSUSE -> obs://build.opensuse.org/KDE


1 package to upgrade, 1 to change vendor.
Overall download size: 3.2 MiB. After the operation, additional 96.3 KiB 
will be 
used.
Continue? [y/n/?] (y): y
Retrieving package python-qt4-4.10.2-110.1.x86_64
                                            (1/1),   3.2 MiB ( 19.5 MiB 
unpacked)
Retrieving: python-qt4-4.10.2-110.1.x86_64.rpm ..............[done (425.1 
KiB/s)]
Installing: python-qt4-4.10.2-110.1 
.......................................[done]

I could then start synaptiks from the CLI again.