Bugzilla – Bug 675053
zypper: dbus connection error message
Last modified: 2011-08-15 11:24:13 UTC
11.4 RC2 installed from Gnome Live CD Example: zypper ref ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Repository 'packmanEss' is up to date. ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Repository 'openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss' is up to date. ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Repository 'openSUSE-11.4-Oss' is up to date. ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Repository 'openSUSE-11.4-Update' is up to date. All repositories have been refreshed. I get the same error with all zypper actions. But zypper does work.
Can you reproduce it in the final 11.4 release?
(In reply to comment #1) > Can you reproduce it in the final 11.4 release? I get this: zypper ref ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Retrieving repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0' metadata [\]** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Retrieving repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0' metadata [\]** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Retrieving repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0' metadata [done] Building repository 'Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0' cache [done] ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Repository 'contrib' is up to date. ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Repository 'dvd' is up to date. ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Retrieving repository 'packman' metadata [/]** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Retrieving repository 'packman' metadata [done] Building repository 'packman' cache [done] ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Repository 'openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss' is up to date. ** GLib-GIO:ERROR:gdbusconnection.c:2279:initable_init: assertion failed: (connection->initialization_error == NULL) Repository 'openSUSE-11.4-Oss' is up to date. All repositories have been refreshed.
Ok, then attach zypper.log
Created attachment 420217 [details] /var/log/zypp/history
It's still a big issue Users reporting it widely in the forum too http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/applications/457551-11-4-zypper-glib-gio-error.html#post2319504 Starting tick me off
As a workaround, use "su -" instead of "su" *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 655751 ***
Update released for: glib2, glib2-branding-upstream, glib2-debugsource, glib2-devel, glib2-devel-debuginfo, glib2-devel-debuginfo-32bit, glib2-devel-debuginfo-x86, glib2-devel-static, glib2-lang, glib2-tools, glib2-tools-32bit, glib2-tools-debuginfo, glib2-tools-debuginfo-32bit, glib2-tools-debuginfo-x86, glib2-tools-x86, libgio-2_0-0, libgio-2_0-0-32bit, libgio-2_0-0-debuginfo, libgio-2_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, libgio-2_0-0-debuginfo-x86, libgio-2_0-0-x86, libgio-fam, libgio-fam-32bit, libgio-fam-debuginfo, libgio-fam-debuginfo-32bit, libgio-fam-debuginfo-x86, libgio-fam-x86, libglib-2_0-0, libglib-2_0-0-32bit, libglib-2_0-0-debuginfo, libglib-2_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, libglib-2_0-0-debuginfo-x86, libglib-2_0-0-x86, libgmodule-2_0-0, libgmodule-2_0-0-32bit, libgmodule-2_0-0-debuginfo, libgmodule-2_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, libgmodule-2_0-0-debuginfo-x86, libgmodule-2_0-0-x86, libgobject-2_0-0, libgobject-2_0-0-32bit, libgobject-2_0-0-debuginfo, libgobject-2_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, libgobject-2_0-0-debuginfo-x86, libgobject-2_0-0-x86, libgthread-2_0-0, libgthread-2_0-0-32bit, libgthread-2_0-0-debuginfo, libgthread-2_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, libgthread-2_0-0-debuginfo-x86, libgthread-2_0-0-x86 Products: openSUSE 11.4 (debug, i586, x86_64)