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Old 08-25-2006, 01:02 PM   #1
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zen-updater stalls SUSE 10.1


Hi, I have had SUSE 10.1 for a couple of days and zen updater seems to have started stalling when I open it. I click on the icon in the system tray (using KDE here btw) and it says "Getting update list..." and nothing else. I have waited for about 5 minutes for it to "Get the update list..." and still nothing happens, same thing when I click on configuration. I opened it once before and it worked, the only thing I have changed between then and now is getting my wireless card working with ndiswrapper and connecting to the internet.

Here it the last few lines of strace zen-updater if it helps:
Code:
--- SIGPWR (Power failure) @ 0 (0) ---
futex(0x81c2d0c, FUTEX_WAKE, 1)         = 1
rt_sigsuspend(~[INT QUIT ABRT TERM XCPU RTMIN RT_1]) = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (To be restarted)
--- SIGXCPU (CPU time limit exceeded) @ 0 (0) ---
sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now ~[INT QUIT ABRT KILL TERM STOP RTMIN])
futex(0x81c2d0c, FUTEX_WAKE, 1)         = 1
sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
futex(0x81c1474, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL)   = 0
futex(0x81c1474, FUTEX_WAKE, 1)         = 0
ioctl(12, FIONREAD, [0])                = 0
poll([{fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}], 2, -1) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call)
--- SIGPWR (Power failure) @ 0 (0) ---
futex(0x81c2d0c, FUTEX_WAKE, 3)         = 0
rt_sigsuspend(~[INT QUIT ABRT TERM XCPU RTMIN RT_1]) = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (To be restarted)
--- SIGXCPU (CPU time limit exceeded) @ 0 (0) ---
sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now ~[INT QUIT ABRT KILL TERM STOP RTMIN])
futex(0x81c2d0c, FUTEX_WAKE, 3)         = 0
sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
ioctl(12, FIONREAD, [0])                = 0
poll(
And then after ~1/2 a second it says:
Code:
[{fd=13, events=POLLIN}, {fd=12, events=POLLIN}], 2, -1) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call)
--- SIGPWR (Power failure) @ 0 (0) ---
futex(0x81c2d0c, FUTEX_WAKE, 3)         = 0
rt_sigsuspend(~[INT QUIT ABRT TERM XCPU RTMIN RT_1]) = ? ERESTARTNOHAND (To be restarted)
--- SIGXCPU (CPU time limit exceeded) @ 0 (0) ---
sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now ~[INT QUIT ABRT KILL TERM STOP RTMIN])
futex(0x81c2d0c, FUTEX_WAKE, 3)         = 0
sigreturn()                             = ? (mask now [])
ioctl(12, FIONREAD, [0])                = 0
poll(
again.

Last edited by tiddy; 08-25-2006 at 01:08 PM.
 
Old 08-26-2006, 12:20 PM   #2
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I have all settings to True for my user in Rug by the way
 
Old 08-26-2006, 12:48 PM   #3
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Suse 10.1 was shipped with a broken package manager, namely Zen (Mono Based). Even after all the updates, Zen is very slow and does not work very well. Try using the SMART package manager to update your system and software. After that, YaST should work fairly well with sources installed, but Zen will always be slow.

Link to how to properly use SMART: http://www.tweakhound.com/linux/suse...stalling_1.htm

This information at the bottom of the page.


Good Luck.

Last edited by usaf_sp; 08-26-2006 at 12:49 PM.
 
  


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