On Monday 07 October 2002 08:20, H M Kunzmann wrote: > On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 19:20, Jesse Keating wrote: > > On 04 Oct 2002 19:00:34 +0200 > > H M Kunzmann <herbert@dreamstroke.com> wrote: > > > > # > > # I was busy with an rpm -e when the system was subjected to a sudden > > # powerdown. > > # > > # Now, I can't use rpm. > > # Any calls to rpm just hang... > > > > killall the rpm commands, then rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__* > > > > this should get you working again. > > Perfect. This sorted out the problem. Thanks a million :-) I had the same problem and the same solution helped me. I wonder that no Control-C stopped the process and no timeout occured. => RH, that's now a point for your todo-list. :o)))) Best regards, -- Oliver Pitzeier UNIX Administrator - Linux 2.4.18-14 i686 Load: 0.60, 0.74, 0.47
