Re: [SLE] YAST Totally Screwed Up
Just wondering if you have done the following from opensuse.org BEFORE YOU INSTALL READ THIS: The package manager in SUSE 10.1 is regrettably broken on most systems. To correct this you should do the following after you have installed SUSE: Open Yast chose "online update configuration" , click next and wait until finished. Press the updater icon on you taskbar/panel If it updates, congratulations, all is well. If it throws up an error. Close it. Follow the instructions in this SDB article or this mail. at http://en.opensuse.org/Download I just installed 10.1 and yast is working. Cheers Simon ----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Barton <db1@cadmat.com> To: SuSE Users <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Sent: Sunday, 1, 2006 4:42:18 PM Subject: [SLE] YAST Totally Screwed Up Any attempt to add/remove or update software causes Yast to crash. Have tried repair from the 10.1 boot DVD, but this also crashes Yast when checking the packages. I suspect that the package database has been corrupted in some way, but rpm --rebuilddb does not help. Is there any way to fix this, other than the Windows way of reinstalling? Dave -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 16:50 -0700, Simon Su wrote:
Just wondering if you have done the following from opensuse.org
BEFORE YOU INSTALL READ THIS:
The package manager in SUSE 10.1 is regrettably broken on most systems. To correct this you should do the following after you have installed SUSE:
Open Yast chose "online update configuration" , click next and wait until finished. Press the updater icon on you taskbar/panel If it updates, congratulations, all is well. If it throws up an error. Close it. Follow the instructions in this SDB article or this mail. at http://en.opensuse.org/Download
I just installed 10.1 and yast is working.
Cheers
Simon
Hi Simon, Thanks for replying and offering that pointer. However, my issue not so much getting updates, as being able to install anything without Yast crashing. I have had 10.1 installed on this machine since it was first released and this has only become a problem in the last couple of days. I suspect package database corruption may be the cause. Regards Dave
----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Barton <db1@cadmat.com> To: SuSE Users <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Sent: Sunday, 1, 2006 4:42:18 PM Subject: [SLE] YAST Totally Screwed Up
Any attempt to add/remove or update software causes Yast to crash. Have tried repair from the 10.1 boot DVD, but this also crashes Yast when checking the packages.
I suspect that the package database has been corrupted in some way, but rpm --rebuilddb does not help.
Is there any way to fix this, other than the Windows way of reinstalling?
Dave
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