http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060810 http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060810#c7 --- Comment #7 from Stefan Hundhammer --- OK, that backtrace actually looks good - the Qt UI is waiting for user events (mouse clicks etc). Not sure why you can't start it from the KDE menu, though; it should simply use the appropriate .desktop file and execute the command there. This should be /usr/share/applications/YaST2/sw_single.desktop . Can you try to execute the command there? For me, this is xdg-su -c "/sbin/yast2 sw_single" If this fails, please check if "xdg-su" works in general: xdg-su -c ls This should prompt for the root password and then simply execute a "ls" in the shell you started it from. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.