Thanks for the info y'all :) Micheal, I know the term 'lock files' should be fairly obvious, but what exactly do these files 'lock' ? where can I find more info on these? Thanks a stack, Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Fratoni" <mfratoni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:11 AM Subject: Re: RPM hangs > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 28 August 2003 12:15 pm, dave c wrote: > > I know this may not be much to add, but I have had this happen to me > > and a simple reboot solved the problem. Of course that might make me > > appear that I'm in the same group as those windoze losers, but > > hey...just thought I would let you know that worked for me. > > > > rpm -rebuilddb wouldn't respond, as well as any other rpm command. > > Something magical must be happening to the rpm database at > > bootup...would be nice to know what it is. > > The magic that happens at boot time is nothing more than removing the > stale lock files. "rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*" > > > - -- > - -Michael > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt > Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0|9 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/en/ > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/TqhYn/07WoAb/SsRAiz6AJ9HjLYr9KiICLB16ibOBC+toe//QgCgo/FS > zQyMLwinnz5RnmGiZQV8hVc= > =aSt6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
