On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:36:10 -0500, Margaret_Doll wrote > A reboot has fixed my systems when they get into that state. > I must say I was nervous that the systems wouldn't reboot, but they > did and were fine. On Thursday, March 20, 2003, at 03:08 PM, > Stephen Mah wrote: > > > trying to run rpm -qa > > > > can it be a problem with the rpm database? > > > > rpm --rebuilddb seems to hang too Stale lock files are likely the problem. rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* rpm --rebuilddb The above commands should fix it, short term. It will probably keep happening, however. Details here: http://rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/ -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list