did you try running rpm more verbose? (-v or -vv) On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > > On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Margaret wrote: >> >>> From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST >>>> >>>> We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server. >>>> >>>> Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck", >>>> and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the transition >>>> check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U" tells >>>> me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the >>>> dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade. >>>> >>>> "rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work. >>>> >>>> How do I start debugging this problem? >>>> >>> >> Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log? >> >>> >>> I discovered that the rpm database may not be working correctly. >>> >>> "rpm -qa kernel" brings back nothing >>> >>> rpm -qa | grep kernel >>> kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 >>> >> <snip> >> That actually makes sense - you don't have the plain kernel on the system. >> If you did rpm -qi kernel-xen, you'd get an answer. >> >> mark >> > > The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem with rpm > and yum still exists. > > > >> -- >> 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
