On November 17, 2004 12:10 pm, Paul Nasrat wrote: > On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 11:34 -0500, Alex at Avantel Systems wrote: > > I get Segmentation faults whenever I try install a new package. AFAIK > > the FAQs say "replace the rpm package" but how do I do that if rpm won't > > work?? > > Can you give some more details about your environment and the segfault: It's a "fairly" vanilla RH 7.2 installation with very few extras added [root@kingsmere redhat]# uname -a Linux kingsmere.avantel.ca 2.4.9-34 #1 Sat Jun 1 06:32:14 EDT 2002 i686 unknown [root@kingsmere redhat]# > > Has rpm ( or a process installing things) been killed at any point? Only by the segfault - not by me > > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__* and repeat the failing operation Same problem . . > > Are you running in a LDAP/NIS environment? If so can you install nscd, > start and retry nscd ?? Not in LDAP/NIS env. . > > Can you run strace and see where it is failing? Doesn't mean much to me . . . (attached to Paul only) > > Paul Thanks Paul Alex Vandenham Avantel Systems ============= > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
