yast/yast2 issues (specifically installing/removing programs module)

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#1

Ok. Got a “weird” issue with OpenSuSE 13.1: doesn’t matter which desktop I use (lxde or xfce4 for example), when i click on menu>settings>install/remove software nothing happens. however, when i run the command: xdg-su -c “/sbin/yast2 --gtk” and run software management that way, again nothing happens (neither when i click on menu>settings>yast) HOWEVER: when i run xdg-su -c “/sbin/yast2 --qt” I am able and successfully able to run software management. Can anyone explain to me why and how to fix this so that Install/Remove programs works “correctly” from ANY desktop environment?

output of xdg-su -c “/sbin/yast2 --gtk” command:
** (gnomesu:4786): WARNING **: Couldn’t register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
W: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file ‘/home/jeff/.config/pulse//daemon.conf’: Permission denied
W: [pulseaudio] daemon-conf.c: Failed to open configuration file: Permission denied
terminate called after throwing an instance of ‘YUIPluginException’
what(): Couldn’t load plug-in gtk
YaST got signal 6 at YCP file /usr/share/YaST2/modules/Wizard.rb:817
/sbin/yast2: line 378: 4861 Aborted $ybindir/y2base $module “$@” “$SELECTED_GUI” $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS

**output of xdg-su -c “/sbin/yast2 --qt” command:
**** (gnomesu:4891): WARNING **: Couldn’t register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
W: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file ‘/home/jeff/.config/pulse//daemon.conf’: Permission denied
W: [pulseaudio] daemon-conf.c: Failed to open configuration file: Permission denied
Qt: Session management error: Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed
Run command: /sbin/yast2 sw_single &

Help? Suggestions? Fixes? :question:

#2

So, to put it simple, the Qt version works, but the Gtk version does not?
You could set the default GUI to Qt in /etc/sysconfig/yast2 (WANTED_SHELL=“qt” and WANTED_GUI=“qt”), then it should use the Qt version in any desktop environment.

output of xdg-su -c “/sbin/yast2 --gtk” command:
** (gnomesu:4786): WARNING **: Couldn’t register with accessibility bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.
W: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Failed to open configuration file ‘/home/jeff/.config/pulse//daemon.conf’: Permission denied
W: [pulseaudio] daemon-conf.c: Failed to open configuration file: Permission denied
terminate called after throwing an instance of ‘YUIPluginException’
what(): Couldn’t load plug-in gtk
YaST got signal 6 at YCP file /usr/share/YaST2/modules/Wizard.rb:817
/sbin/yast2: line 378: 4861 Aborted $ybindir/y2base $module “$@” “$SELECTED_GUI” $Y2_GEOMETRY $Y2UI_ARGS

Do you actually have the necessary gtk plugins installed?
Please post the output of:

rpm -qa | grep yui

For the Gtk version you need in particular the packages libyui-gtk5 and libyui-gtk-pkg5.