On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:48:51 -0400 William <mattison.computer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I have F20 on a 64-bit system. I'm a home user with no sysadmin > training and no real sysadmin experience. I tried to do my weekly > patches, and got this: > > bash.6[~]: yum update > error: rpmdb: BDB0113 Thread/process 2156/140591811774272 failed: > BDB1507 Thread died in Berkeley DB library > error: db5 error(-30973) from dbenv->failchk: BDB0087 DB_RUNRECOVERY: > Fatal error, run database recovery > error: cannot open Packages index using db5 - (-30973) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > CRITICAL:yum.main: > > Error: rpmdb open failed > bash.7[~]: > > How do I get my weekly patches done? Has you done this before? Were you doing this as root or do you have super user status on your system? Let us know and someone here will definitely have the answer to try and help you. Many thanks and best wishes, Ranjan > Thank-you in advance for your help. > Bill. > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. Please respond to the mailing list if appropriate. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. Check it out at http://mysecurelogon.com/password-manager -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org