On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 17:37, Aaron Konstam wrote: > We are about to start distributing a prototypical machine configuration > to 50 other machines and disaster has struck. First I saw this error > from doing rpm --rebuilddb > error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy > > I was told this was not a problem. Shortly after that the > installation of an rpm hung and subsequently the whole rpm database > seems destroyed. > rpm --rebuilddb hangs. > rpm -qa hangs > -- > I am sort of at the end of my rope. The only progress I can make which > is tedious is starting from the beginning and create a database by > using a command such as : rpm -i --justdb --nodeps xxxx.rpm > for every rpm which works. Do a "ps" to find and kill any rpm processes that may still be hanging around. Then, go to /var/lib/rpm and remove any __db files. Should be OK then.... Known problem... Ed > > There must be a better way but I can't find it. > I need help urgently. > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > 715 Stadium Dr. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- http://www.shorewall.net Shorewall, for all your firewall needs -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
