-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:11:23 -0500, Harold Helmich wrote: > >>Quick question newbie question: > >> > >>After updating kernels via up2date what is the preferred method for > >>removing old kernels? rpm -e? Or is there another way? > >> > >>I have tried: > >>rpm -e kernel-2.4.18-14 kernel-smp-2.4.18-14 > >> > >>It runs forever and never seems to do the job. I let it run all > >night> > >>and cancelled this morning. Then rebuilt the rpm databases for good > > > >>measure. Still just hangs. > >> > >>Any help is appreciated. > >> > >> > > > > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__* > > rpm --rebuilddb > > > >Then try again. Major FAQ. > > > > > As noted in the bottom of my message, I did do that this monring. Well, you only wrote "you rebuilt the databases", but not that you removed the temporary/lock files. Anyway, try increasing verbosity with option "-vv" or strace the program. Does it make any difference if you remove a single package only? > It has been running for about 2 hours now. Running or hanging? ;-) Any disk activity? Is rpm wasting cycles according to ps's output? > Side note: df also hangs - but only at the end. It prints the output > and then hangs. Takes a while for the command prompt to come back. I > do not know if they are related. Don't know how long "a while" is, but I see df delays only during heavy disk activity. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+MDDG0iMVcrivHFQRAngdAJ9KxjXUaOHm61gthiv9UOBY8zOKqgCfVzzO tQ/KPmonaqKR5pf5aJe73uo= =M6Vt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
