On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 11:57, Shiva Varma wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to install an RPM package in my laptop but the system > stops responding after issuing > rpm -ivh RPMPackage.i686.rpm. > > This RPMPackage installs correctly on other Linux machines however. > I have installed redhat 9.0 kernel is 2.4.20-8 > > Any clues about the problem Try: - kill -9 any such hung processes - back up /var/lib/rpm/ just in case - rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* - rpm --rebuilddb (and be very patient - can take a long time) If it's not sorted after that, kill anything hung again, and then try: alias rpm='LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 rpm' and then run your install again. This has sometimes worked for me on RH9 specifically. Bye Paolo _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
