On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 08:11 +1100, Yuandan Zhang wrote: > Hi, > > When i use yum for update or check-update, it frequently ended with > "Segmentation fault". Most time, this was corrected after reboot the > system. > > my kernel is 2.6.18-1.2257.fc5 and yum is yum-2.6.1-0.fc5 > > how to fix it? > > below is yum update messenge: > > > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Loading "downloadonly" plugin > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > dries > [1/4] > updates > [2/4] > core > [3/4] > extras > [4/4] > Reading repository metadata in from local files > Excluding Packages in global exclude list > Finished > Segmentation fault Try the following and see if it fixes it. As the root user: # rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* (that's two underscores) # rpm --rebuilddb The "rpm --rebuilddb" will take a while to complete. Then try your "yum update" and see if it's better. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - A friend said he climbed to the top of Mount Ranier. My view is - - that if there's no elevator, it must not be that interesting. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
