-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 21 December 2002 03:59 pm, Craig Toenes wrote: > A gentleman had suggested that I could fix my GUI > install problem with: > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/_db* > I did that and got a root prompt. That should be (2 underscores) __db* > The next thing he said to do was: > rpm --rebuilddb > I did that and got a blinking prompt with nothing else > and nothing happened. I suspect that /var/lib/rpm/ > might be at the root of my problem but I'm not sure. It will take a few minutes or more depending on the system. In your case, it looks like you didn't actually remove the lock files, causing another hung process. > Any input would be appreciated. > This is my only option because there > is no other support. PS.Bugzilla has nothing listed Hrmm? This has been bugzilla'd many times. For starters: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=73097 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75826 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77988 Additionally, have a look at: http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/ - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+BOB2n/07WoAb/SsRAvpaAJ0cVdp/+WCmMqUYo7NOtWFP68a72gCghqAu JZ3BlX9gk0/OPFlvzAphj5o= =9kgV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
