Hi folks, thought it might help: I had the exact same probls when I upgraded my glibc from RH a couple of days ago -- it happened that 2.3.2-27.9.6 was only compatible with RH-kernels, and my vanilla 2.4.22 did not work with that. As a result, _many_ apps (rpm, gkrellm, opera etc.) started segfaulting -- rpm segfaulted at the very same point you describe below, leaving behind a __db.001 file. Fortunately I had access to another RH9 box which hasn't been updated, and I made a tarball with all the files listed by 'rpm -ql glibc', and installed it over the files at my box. I don't know if would have been able to recover otherwise... RH released a new version (2.3.2-27.9.7) one day after, for which the only difference was: [Update 2003-11-13]: The packages for Red Hat Linux 9 have been updated for compatibility with kernels not provided by Red Hat. I installed it on my box and everything was smooth again. BTW: I am now running Fedora. HTH Andre On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 04:03:32 +0000 "R.H. Palko" <rhp_lpt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 18-nov-03 > > Hello: > > Please excuse the length of this posting, but I'm trying to include > all the relevant symptoms. > > I've got basically the same thing. Although in my instance it was > caused by a failure during a > > 'rpm -Fvh <rpm filename>' failure which left a '__db.001 empty file in > the /var/lib/rpm directory. > > Trying what has been suggested in this thread, I get the following: > > Running 'sudo rpm -vv --rebuilddb' > > produces: > > D: rebuilding database /var/lib/rpm into /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.2703 > D: creating directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.2703 > D: opening old database with dbapi 3 > D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages create:cdb:mpool > rpmdb: write: 0xbfffd360, 8192: Invalid argument > error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument > D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0 > error: cannot open Packages index > D: removing directory /var/lib/rpmrebuilddb.2703 > Exit 1 > > Running 'sudo rpm -vv --initdb' > produces: > > D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages create:cdb:mpool > rpmdb: write: 0xbfffd3f0, 8192: Invalid argument > error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument > D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42 > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) > > In both instances a __db.001 file is created in /var/lib/rpm > > However, I'm beginning to doubt its related to a corrupted database, > as > > 'rpm -qa' and 'rpm -qi <package name>' and rpm -ql <package name>' > > all appear to work. It looks like its related to the rpmdb 'write' > function. > > I'm running rpm 4.2.0.69 under RH 9. on a P4 laptop and have tried the > > suggestions detailed > in http://www.rpm.org/hintskinks/repairdb/ to no avail. > > Does anyone have a clue to what is going on and how to recover ? > > FWIW the last successfull rpm installatiion just before the problem > was: > > 'sudo rpm -Fvh --nodeps glibc-2.3.2-27.9.7.i686.rpm' > > which succeeded. > > The next one, > > 'sudo rpm -Fvh glibc-common-2.3.2-27.9.7.i386.rpm' failed > > This means my glibc-common and glibc-devel are at 2.3.2-27.9 vice > 2.3.2-27.9.7 for glibc. > However, I doubt the minor version difference is significant as > everything appears to be working w/e of rpm. > > Note I was not aware at the time that packages with dependencies could > be concatenated on the command line, albeit I have used '--nodeps' > before in this context successfully. > > Thank you > Bob > rhp_lpt@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > [root@astronaut lib]# rpm --initdb > rpmdb: write: 0xbfffd670, 8192: Invalid argument > error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22) > > Same issue. > > Thanks for the help, > TheFinn. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rodrigo Barbosa" <rodrigob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:59 PM > Subject: Re: Rebuilding the database from scratch ?? > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >Remove your empty files and try "rpm --initdb". > > > >On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 01:01:49PM +1100, TheFinn wrote: > > > How does one rebuild the database from scratch ? > > > > > > This is the error I'm getting and since have accidently rm'd the > Packages > > > file in /var/lib/rpm (It's not been a good week). > > > > > > [root@astronaut rpm]# rpm --rebuilddb > > > rpmdb: unable to join the environment > > > error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily > > > unavailable error: cannot open Packages index > > > >- -- > >Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" > >"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) > > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > >iD8DBQE/tZanpdyWzQ5b5ckRArDWAJ4y/o5hiEU5zJKAkZ7/aniP0XOMvACfc6bf > >aeAohYs59xifHx6ec2sspQ4= > >=SO2i > >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Rpm-list mailing list > >Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > From Beethoven to the Rolling Stones, your favorite music is always > playing on MSN Radio Plus. 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