Doesn't appear to be any db there... [root@mis02tc07927 root]# cd /var/lib/rpm/ [root@mis02tc07927 rpm]# ls Basenames Group Providename Requireversion Conflictname Installtid Provideversion Sha1header Dirnames Name Pubkeys Sigmd5 Filemd5s Packages Requirename Triggername Jeff > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alfred Hovdestad > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:13 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: Up2date crash > > > The other thing to try is to go to /var/lib/rpm and delete > the __db* files: > > cd /var/lib/rpm > rm __db* > > > Then try the up2date again. > > Alfred Hovdestad, RHCE > University of Saskatchewan > > > > Jeff wrote: > > Did that, it just says that the system is already up to date. > > > > Jeff > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of chockalingam > >>Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 01:01 > >>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > >>Subject: Re: Up2date crash > >> > >> > >>Hi Jeff, > >> As instructed, delete all the rpm files in the > >>/var/spool/up2date folder and reboot the server to normal and > >>oce again try the up2date -u command for a complete update...... > >> regards, > >>Chockalingam.S > >> > >> On 10/5/05, Jeff <jsmforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>>>-----Original Message----- > >>>>From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >>>>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Bacchi > >>>>Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 16:25 > >>>>To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > >>>>Subject: Re: Up2date crash > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>Reboot to single user mode, look to see if /var/spool/up2date is > >>>>full. Try 'df -h' or 'du -h /var/spool/'. Find the full directory, > >>>>clean it out and reboot to normal. You should be able to > >>>>save this from a full install. > >>>> > >>>>Look here for howto on booting to single user. > >>>>http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom > >>>>-guide/s1-rescuemode-booting-single.html > >>>> > >>>>On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 16:02, Jeff wrote: > >>>> > >>>>>Hey all, > >>>>> > >>>>>Running RHES3 and did an up2date. The / partition was full and > >>>>>because of this up2date crashed during the install phase. > >>>>> > >>>>>Now the server won't boot correctly, I've lost X windows > >>>> > >>>>and have to > >>>> > >>>>>boot to runlevel 3. Non of my daemons start automatically > >>>> > >>>>so I have > >>>> > >>>>>to run /etc/init/network and every thing else in > >>>> > >>>>/etc/init.d/ manually > >>>> > >>>>>to get things going. > >>>>> > >>>>>If I run up2date -u again, I get the following. > >>>>> > >>>>>[root@mis02tc07927 root]# up2date -u > >>>>>Traceback (most recent call last): > >>>>>File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 1174, in ? > >>>>>sys.exit(main() or 0) > >>>>>File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 668, in main > >>>>>up2dateAuth.updateLoginInfo() > >>>>>File "up2dateAuth.py", line 151, in updateLoginInfo > >>>>>File "up2dateAuth.py", line 105, in login > >>>>>File "up2dateAuth.py", line 49, in maybeUpdateVersion File > >>>>>"/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateUtils.py", > >>>> > >>>>line 228, in > >>>> > >>>>>getVersion > >>>>>release, version = getOSVersionAndRelease() > >>>>>File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2dateUtils.py", > >>>> > >>>>line 221, in > >>>> > >>>>>getOSVersionAndRelease > >>>>>raise up2dateErrors.RpmError( > >>>>>up2date_client.up2dateErrors.RpmError: RPM error. The > >> > >>message was: > >> > >>>>>Could not determine what version of Red Hat Linux you are > >>>> > >>>>running. If > >>>> > >>>>>you get this error, try running > >>>>> > >>>>>rpm --rebuilddb > >>>>> > >>>>>Although running rpm --rebuilddb does't help. > >>>>> > >>>>>Any ideas how I can unscrew this without a total re-install? > >>>>> > >>>>>Thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>>Jeff > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>redhat-list mailing list > >>>>>unsubscribe > >>>> > >>>>mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?> subject=unsubscribe > >>>> > >>>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > >>> > >>>No need for single user mode, I can get logged in running RL3. > >>> > >>>The full directory was /mnt/USBDrive. The problem was the was no > >>>external USB drive mounted and a backup script ran. This > filled up / > >>> > >>>That's since been cleaned out. > >>> > >>>[root@mis02tc07927 up2date]# df -h > >>>Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > >>>/dev/sda7 11G 252M 9.9G 3% / > >>>/dev/sda3 122M 31M 85M 27% /boot > >>>/dev/sda2 2.5G 209M 2.2G 9% /home > >>>none 1004M 0 1004M 0% /dev/shm > >>>/dev/sda8 1012M 33M 928M 4% /tmp > >>>/dev/sda5 108G 63G 40G 62% /usr > >>>/dev/sda6 79G 35G 40G 47% /var > >>> > >>> > >>>That being said, /var/spool/up2date contains a lot of rpm files. > >>>Should I delete these? > >>> > >>>Jeff > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>redhat-list mailing list > >>>unsubscribe > >> > >>mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?> subject=unsubscribe > >> > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjectunsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
