Suddenly YaST2 ceased opening from Applications/System/YaST -icon. The only way to open it is to click “Run Application”, and write the path to Yast (or choose it from the list of icons).
Also, I must be logged in as root to run it. Previously I was able to open YaST as a normal user, and if I wanted to do something requiring the root user permissions, I was prompted to give root password. Now only those icons, which are okay for the normal user to use, are visible.
It is quite a drag to log out and log in as root every time I need YaST.
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> Suddenly YaST2 ceased opening from Applications/System/YaST -icon. The
> only way to open it is to click “Run Application”, and write the path
> to Yast (or choose it from the list of icons).
>
> Also, I must be logged in as root to run it. Previously I was able to
> open YaST as a normal user, and if I wanted to do something requiring
> the root user permissions, I was prompted to give root password. Now
> only those icons, which are okay for the normal user to use, are
> visible.
>
> It is quite a drag to log out and log in as root every time I need
> YaST.
>
> What happened, and how can I rectify it?
>
>
from konsole “kdesu yast2&”
Suse 11.0 x64, Kde 4.1beta (factory repo), Opera 9.x weekly