On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 06:39:26PM +0100, Paul wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to fix rpm when it constantly says it cannot access the > database in /var/lib/rpm? > > I'm still trying to fix the same box which is looking for the wrong > kernel version when loading X > > TTFN Well ther are two things you might do: 1. Look at the permissions on the /var/lib/rpm. They should be something like this: drwxr-xr-x 2 rpm rpm 4096 May 27 17:31 /var/lib/rpm 2. It might be worthwhile to erase the __db.* files in that directory and then rebuild the rpm database. ======================================================================= Non-Reciprocal Laws of Expectations: Negative expectations yield negative results. Positive expectations yield negative results. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484