This one time, at band camp, <dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kevin, > > This should be a RH9 FAQ. I'm told it's a benign error you can safely > ignore. As long as you first delete those /var/lib/rpm/__db.* files before > running 'rpm --rebuilddb', and the task otherwise completes successfully, > don't worry. I removed the files, but the error persists [root@xxxxx dev]# rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* -rf [root@xxxxx dev]# ls /var/lib/rpm/ Basenames Dirnames Group Name Providename Pubkeys Requireversion Sigmd5 Conflictname Filemd5s Installtid Packages Provideversion Requirename Sha1header Triggername [root@xxxxx dev]# rpm --rebuilddb error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy Kind regards Kevin -- ______ (_____ \ _____) ) ____ ____ ____ ____ | ____/ / _ ) / _ | / ___) / _ ) | | ( (/ / ( ( | |( (___ ( (/ / |_| \____) \_||_| \____) \____) Kevin Waterson Port Macquarie, Australia