I did see this problem, and I found a solution, which worked for me. Here is a copy of it, I posted it some time ago here. Did you take the kde3.02 from SuSE? I think the kde3.01 from SuSE introduced the problem (at my system), and the kde3.02 from kde.org (for SuSE 8.0) did fix it again. HTH, Matt T. On Friday 05 July 2002 20:26, Matt T. wrote:
Hi all,
Some of us had /have the problem of yast2 running in ncurses only. I never saw a solution, so I think you like this:
I just upgraded to kde3.02 from kde.org, and now yast2 is back in in graphic mode. You cant't imagine how happy my tab key is!
SuSE 8 prof new install -> yast2 in graphic mode was ok upgrade to kde3.01 form SuSE ftp -> yast2 only in ncurses mode upgrade to kde3.02 form kde.org (the RPMs for SuSE) -> yast2 in graphic mode is ok again.
But not if starting the modules directly at Preferences->Yast2 modules->choose-one.
Starting yast2 after sux in terminal is ok, and using SuSE->System->Yast2 as well.
HTH, Matt T.
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 10:48, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 04.31, Robert C. Paulsen Jr. wrote:
I just noticed that YaST2 no longer runs in graphics mode. I only runs in it ncurses mode.
I am on SuSE 8.0 with KDE 3.02 with all the latest updates (except ssh since the update breaks X forwarding).
Any ideas? Is this a common problem?
One idea, if you're using "sux" to run yast. If you're running it some other way it could be other reasons, but I found a problem with sux.
There is a bug somewhere I can't quite track down, but for some reason, the X server loses the XDM authentication protocol at some stage. This causes sux to fail with "Protocol not supported by server". It tried the first protocol it can find in the cookie list, this happens to be XDM, and it fails.
Reason: no clue.
Quick fix: log out of all instances of X and remove .Xauthority both from your home directory and from /root/ After the next login, sux should work again.
I know this isn't a real fix, but it's the best one I can think of since I don't fully understand the X authentication mechanism. If anyone has a better idea I'd be interested.
//Anders