YaST1 crashes during the configuration of a network card

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.1
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Symptom:

You want to configure your network card using YaST1. After selecting "Continue" YaST1 crashes with an error message like the following:

yast: AsciiFile.cc:373: class String & AsciiFile::operator [](int): Assertion `Lines_C.valid( Idx_iv )' failed.

Cause:

This is caused by an error in YaST.

Solution:

Download the updated version of YaST, which works fine:

ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/7.1/a1/yast.rpm

Install the package as user root with the following command:

rpm -Uvh yast.rpm


Note: You can also configure your network card using YaST2.
Keywords: YAST1, NIC, NETWORK CARD, CONFIGURATION, CRASH

Categories: Configuration

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