On 10 Apr 2003, Boldizsar Nagy wrote: > Hello! > > Tried to rebild rpmdb and get: > [root@xxxxx boldi]# rpm --rebuilddb > error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: device or resource is busy > > If I try to remove RealPlayer, and k3b-0.8.1 (created with > checkinstall)... packages rpm hangs and only kill -9 "helps", but even > after kill I can not use any rpm commands under root until the system is > restarted. > > What could cause thi problem? Before you do the rpm --rebuilddb do rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*. Rebooting does rm's the files for you. The above rm command contains 2 _ characters. HTH, -- .............Tom "Nothing would please me more than being able to tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software." -- Bill Gates 1976 We are still waiting ....
