On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 10:50 -0800, alan wrote: > On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Dave Stevens wrote: > > > trying to do yuom install scribus I get this: > > > > Component: Software Installer > > Summary: TB6b5e0e87 config.py:661:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open > > failed > > This is one of two problems. > > Either it is the rpm locking problem (which is a known issue). Reboot the > machine and see if the problem goes away. If it does, then it is a known > issue. > > I have also seen some problems where yum errors out. Running "yum clean > all" seems to fix the problem. > > If those two fail try "rpm --rebuilddb". I'd recommend an "rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db*" (two underscores) before the "rpm --rebuilddb". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - "Hello. My PID is Inigo Montoya. You `kill -9'-ed my parent - - process. Prepare to vi." - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
