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YaST crashes when reading the description files
Symptom:
You have a system with 8 MB (or slightly more) main memory. You have not yet configured
any swap area. During the installation you want to specify the desired packages using YaST.
After having chosen the corresponding menue item Choose/Install packages
,
YaST starts to read in the DU files.
The following two phenomena might occur :
- YaST reads data from the CD for a very long time (several minutes) and
then stops working.
- YaST stops working short time after heaving read the data.
In both cases an error message like the following appears:
Error: Exec Command,Detail:-1 File:System_Cmd.cc Line: 300
The errors can appear in the modules:
SerRetriever.cc
PkgRetriever.cc
DuRetriever.cc
System_Cmd.cc
Similar errors with another cause can also appear here. These are
described in the SDB article "YaST aborts
while reading the description files".
Cause:
The available memory is not enough to read the description files for the
required hard disk space.
Solutions:
- The best solution is: more main memory!. You will benefit
from this under Linux in any case.
- Create a swap partition when partitioning the hard drive.
After a restart of the computer, let YaST configure the swap
area. Start choosing packages afterwards.
- Create the swap space manually, before you start the installation
with YaST. Proceed for this exactly as described in the
handbook in the paragraph "Manually activating the swap space"
(handbook S.u.S.E. Linux 4.4, paragraph 8.1.9).

See also:

Keywords: YAST, INSTALLATION, CD, DU, SWAP, MAIN MEMORY, 8MB, RAM

Categories:
Package-Installation
, Hardware

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