I impatiently "kill -9"'d a yum process, and now this happens: # yum rpmdb: Thread/process 29876/3086329536 failed: Thread died in Berkeley DB library error: db4 error(-30974) from dbenv->failchk: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30974) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/config.py:884: DeprecationWarning: BaseException.message has been deprecated as of Python 2.6 raise Errors.YumBaseError("Error: " + e.message) CRITICAL:yum.main: Error: rpmdb open failed OK, bad move on my part, but how do I fix it? -- We're just a Bunch Of Regular Guys, a collective group that's trying to understand and assimilate technology. We feel that resistance to new ideas and technology is unwise and ultimately futile. _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum