OpenSuSE online update: "Helper program returned: invalid xml"

pwabrahams · 05-26-2008, 08:43 PM

When I click on the update notification icon in Open SuSE 10.3, I get the message Helper program returned: invalid xml. I saw one suggestion that the problem could be solved by refreshing all my repositories, but that didn't do the trick for me.

Does anyone know what the "helper program" is, and where it's looking for its xml? I'd think the best way to deal with this would be to delete whatever xml it's looking at and let it be regenerated, but for that I have to know where it's looking.

ronlau9 · 05-28-2008, 06:29 AM

Which icon did you use in yast ? On the taskbar ?
What do mean by refresh using the refresh option ?
Or did you delete it all and ad it again ?
What url is mention in the software repositories?
What did you use kde3 kde4 Gnome
Using Beagle search with search argument helper program in my box gives 37 possible answers ?

all the best

pwabrahams · 05-28-2008, 04:17 PM

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Which icon did you use in yast ?

A yellow triangle with a bang in the middle.

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On the taskbar ?

yes

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What do mean by refresh using the refresh option ?

Under Online Repositories, clicking on Refresh Now for each one.

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Or did you delete it all and ad it again ?

I did that also.

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What url is mention in the software repositories?

There are too many to list here, but they all came from the Community Repositories option of YaST.

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What did you use kde3 kde4 Gnome

kde4

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Using Beagle search with search argument helper program in my box gives 37 possible answers ?

all the best

ronlau9 · 05-29-2008, 01:07 AM

In yast2>software update is also a option to update .You start it up manually is this one working
On the taskbar is a automatic update I never use this one , it works bad by me too I let it there to warn me that there is a update and if there is a quit the one on the taskbar and used the one in yast

all the best

pwabrahams · 05-29-2008, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ronlau9

In yast2>software update is also a option to update .You start it up manually is this one working

yes

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On the taskbar is a automatic update I never use this one , it works bad by me too I let it there to warn me that there is a update and if there is a quit the one on the taskbar and used the one in yast

I'd prefer to use the one on the taskbar if I can, if only because it requires less intervention.

ronlau9 · 05-29-2008, 11:38 PM

I remember now that the icon was working in the beginning , but it stops working after I update
Maybe it gives a clue

all the best