RE: RPM stops responding

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Kill all processes using rpm database (fuser /var/lib/rpm/* should reveal
such processes) then run 'rm  /var/lib/rpm/__db* '. Consider rebuilding rpm
database after that ('rpm --rebuilddb'). This should unlock the database.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Curtis [mailto:bcurtis@pomfret.net]
> Sent: Tue, January 21, 2003 6:30 PM
> To: psyche-list@redhat.com
> Subject: RPM stops responding
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I just tried to rpm -e my MySQL 3.x rpms in preparation for MySQL 4
> when I ran into a bit of trouble.
> 
> After trying to # rpm -e mysqlclient9-3.23.22-6 I ended up having to
> kill -9 the process after 15 minutes since it seemed to stop
> responding.
> 
> Now every time I try any rpm query/update/delete, the process 
> goes into
> sleep mode and has to be terminated with a kill -9.  The output of ps
> does not show any "rpm" commands running, and lsof shows the following
> rpm-related files in use when rpm isn't stuck in sleep mode:
> 
> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rpm404module.so
> /usr/lib/librpm-4.0.4.so
> /usr/lib/librpmdb-4.0.4.so
> /usr/lib/librpmio-4.0.4.so
> 
> Any ides how I can get rpm responding once more?  I'd like to avoid a
> reboot, if at all possible. 
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Brian Curtis
> 
> 
> 
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