YAST-Software Management GUI crash on initialization

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I am just completing my upgrade to Leap 42.1/KF5/Plasma5.5(from 13.2), today I installed several oddball apps I keep around and ran both Yast-Software Management and 1-Click Installs from openSUSE Package Search. All installed and start-up OK.

But now I find that YAST-Software Management GUI is crashing on startup.
It progresses thru the Repository Loading (and refreshing) process, then as the GUI is ready to display, the window disappears(crashes, I assume).

I can run the character based Yast-SoftwareManagement via a Konsole ncurses interface OK.

Looking in /var/log/YaST2/log, which is large(10MB) I see what looks like crash info, but can’t determine what part of it to post.
Likewise, a lot of activity logged in /var/log/YaST2/signal.

Is there a way to initiate the SoftwareManagement GUI version from a (root) Konsole so as to perhaps see better the issue?

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yast2

Simple as that.:wink:

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Well, sort of.

sudo yast2    Still gets you the ncurses yast

but

su   and root password
then 
# yast2   opens the GUI version

But that all was helpful, I got an isolated segfault, used a little Google and found this https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/512160-Leap-Software-Managment-Crashes-kde?p=2744743#post2744743

The bug still exists, If I drag the top level yast2 GUI to Screen1, Software Management works fine.
I am running two screens and fglrx.

Problem worked around for now - thanks

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Well, you asked how to do it in a root console, not by su or sudo. If you launch the root console (Terminal - Super User Mode), it works exactly like I said.:wink: