[yast-problem]

[rajkumargoel_786]

HI all,
I use opensuse 11.0 with KDE 3.5

REcently I tried to install "umbrello" using oneclick yast.
The size of the download was big.As the download was happening power went off and then when I again started my PC and tried to install "umbrello" yast gave me a error "signal 6" and I wouldn't start.
so I uninstalled it ,now I don't know how to install "yast" again.

How to install yast again.I reffered many sites they only tell how to install software using yast but "how to install the yast itself"

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
RajkumarGoel
www.twitter.com/rajkumargoel

 

[Pratik K Anand]

2009/7/11 rajkumargoel_786 <rajkumargoel_786@...>

> HI all,
> I use opensuse 11.0 with KDE 3.5
>
> REcently I tried to install "umbrello" using oneclick yast.
> The size of the download was big.As the download was happening power went
> off and then when I again started my PC and tried to install "umbrello" yast
> gave me a error "signal 6" and I wouldn't start.
> so I uninstalled it ,now I don't know how to install "yast" again.
>
> How to install yast again.I reffered many sites they only tell how to
> install software using yast but "how to install the yast itself"

Hi Raj,
I used suse only for a couple a mnths..I too faced this problem once & was
asked to reinstall
<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/#> yast using zypper by one of my
classmates. I didn't try it cuz I was anyways changing the OS to ubuntu :)
Anyways look at the following link.
Might help you.


http://en.opensuse.org/Zypper/Usage




--
thanks for your time,
Pratik K Anand

http://twitter.com/pratik_k_anand


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[Pratik K Anand]

>
> 2009/7/11 rajkumargoel_786 <rajkumargoel_786@...>
>
>> HI all,
>> I use opensuse 11.0 with KDE 3.5
>>
>> REcently I tried to install "umbrello" using oneclick yast.
>> The size of the download was big.As the download was happening power went
>> off and then when I again started my PC and tried to install "umbrello" yast
>> gave me a error "signal 6" and I wouldn't start.
>> so I uninstalled it ,now I don't know how to install "yast" again.
>>
>> How to install yast again.I reffered many sites they only tell how to
>> install software using yast but "how to install the yast itself"
>
>
>
>
> Hi Raj,
> I used suse only for a couple a mnths..I too faced this problem once & was
> asked to reinstall yast using zypper by one of my classmates. I didn't try
> it cuz I was anyways changing the OS to
>

ubuntu :)

> Anyways look at the following link.
> Might help you.
>
>
> http://en.opensuse.org/Zypper/Usage
>
>
>
>
> --
> thanks for your time,
> Pratik K Anand
>
> http://twitter.com/pratik_k_anand
>

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[Saifi Khan-3]

> I use opensuse 11.0 with KDE 3.5
> yast gave me a error "signal 6" and it wouldn't start.
> so I uninstalled it ,now I don't know how to install "yast" again.

hi Rajkumar:

There was a very very simple way to fix this issue

when you ran YaST2 it would have written detail
about YCPlugin exception along with error 6.

That would have told you about the library involved.

Next, would be to issue the command
'zypper lr --details'
and look for the library name in the output or
 post the result to the list.

once you know the numeric id of the library,
the following command would do the magic.

zypper mr -d numeric-ID

this clears up the inconsistent state and you
 need to reboot the system.

at grub boot screen, press ESCAPE key and then
remove all options apart from root= entry at VGA= entry.

Append the number 3 and boot up the system.
Login as root and run the command
'zypper dup'

now login with your user-id and 'startx' and it should go fine.

this is how the YaST error states are cleared.

when encountering a error, it is very important
to try and understand
 . What has happened
 . Why it has happened
 . What is a possible solution

Thats what good engineers do !

thanks
Saifi.

[Saifi Khan-3]

From: Pratik K Anand <pratik.k.anand@...>
Date: 11/07/2009 07:04

> I used suse only for a couple a mnths..I too faced this problem once & was
> asked to reinstall yast using zypper by one of my classmates. I didn't try
> it cuz I was anyways changing the OS to
> ubuntu :)

uninstalling YaST is not the solution.
Installing Ubuntu is also not the solution !

Ubuntu users will earn my respect if they are able
to technically analyse a situation and also be
able to discuss a situation with technical details.

a wise man once said:
never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.

Have a terrific weekend.

thanks
Saifi.

[rajkumargoel_786]

--- In twincling@..., "Saifi Khan" <saifi.khan@...> wrote:

>
> > I use opensuse 11.0 with KDE 3.5
> > yast gave me a error "signal 6" and it wouldn't start.
> > so I uninstalled it ,now I don't know how to install "yast" again.
>
> hi Rajkumar:
>
> There was a very very simple way to fix this issue
>
> when you ran YaST2 it would have written detail
> about YCPlugin exception along with error 6.
>
> That would have told you about the library involved.
>
> Next, would be to issue the command
> 'zypper lr --details'
> and look for the library name in the output or
>  post the result to the list.
>
> once you know the numeric id of the library,
> the following command would do the magic.
>
> zypper mr -d numeric-ID
>
> this clears up the inconsistent state and you
>  need to reboot the system.
>
> at grub boot screen, press ESCAPE key and then
> remove all options apart from root= entry at VGA= entry.
>
> Append the number 3 and boot up the system.
> Login as root and run the command
> 'zypper dup'
>
> now login with your user-id and 'startx' and it should go fine.
>
> this is how the YaST error states are cleared.
>
> when encountering a error, it is very important
> to try and understand
>  . What has happened
>  . Why it has happened
>  . What is a possible solution
>
> Thats what good engineers do !
>
> thanks
> Saifi.
>

HI Saifi,
Thanks for such Insight.It won't happen again.
Thanks
RajkumarGoel
www.twitter.com/rajkumargoel

[Saifi Khan-3]

On Sat, 11 Jul 2009, rajkumargoel_786 wrote:

> HI all,
> I use opensuse 11.0 with KDE 3.5
>
> REcently I tried to install "umbrello" using oneclick yast.

Here is the quick set of steps to get going.

1. login as root
   su -

2. zypper install umbrello


Since we're only using the Usecase diagramming capabilities of Umbrello, the version shipped with KDE 3.5.x is working fine.

Here is the test i did
. create Usecase diagram with Umbrello 2.2.4
. save the .xmi file
. open the .xmi file with Umbrello 1.6.x
. edit and save the .xmi file
. open the .xmi file with Umbrello 2.2.4

There doesn't seem to be any issue so far !

Meanwhile, i'll get back to the yast2 issue.


thanks
Saifi.