What it sounded like to me was a out of date rpm database. Mandrake 7.2 used RPM v3.somthingorotherithinkitwas.0.5 (another indian name), while Redhat 9 used 4.2. If you did do an "upgrade" from Mandrake to Redhat (you are braver than I) then it is probably an issue of an out of date db. There are ways to rebuild it, but not if you can get a shell.... Good luck.
Garl > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Bob Crandell > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:18 PM > To: The Eugene Unix and GNU/Linux User Group's mail list > Subject: Re: [eug-lug]RPM woes > > > I'm not convinced it's hardware. There weren't any symptons > before I started and > this last bit was because I was trying to fix rpm's dependancies. > > Thanks. > > Cory Petkovsek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > >On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 10:37:17PM +0000, Bob Crandell wrote: > >> Ok "brand new" a bad choice of words. Redhat is brand > new. The box > >> isn't. > >What I was getting at was did you install redhat over the top of > >mandrake or did you wipe it? They way you said it sounded like the > >former. > > > >> This is a file server in another city too far from here. I > >> had to install Redhat 3 times to get it to work. > >If you have to install so many times and now you are getting this > >message after a clean install, I would immediately suspect a hardware > >problem. First thing: recompile the kernel. You don't need > to use it, > >but the kernel compile will put the system through a pretty > good test of > >processor and memory. Use a stable kernel and look out for > any breaks > >in the compile process. They'll usually come as signal 11. > > > >Next try some tests of the disk system. Put on a large file > of real or > >random data (600mb) and get an md5 sum of it. Then copy it around > >several places on the disk and get an md5 sum of the others. > If you get > >disk errors or different md5 sums, obviously there is a > disk/controller > >problem. Monitor the kernel log. > > > >I have a few problems on my workstation right now. VNC freezes my > >console occasionally. Since I use it daily it is a daily > crash. Sshd > >works, but it is quite annoying. I'll be replacing the video card to > >test. Also my debian package management files keep getting > corrupted. > >Occasionally I can no longer delete some files. I suspect the disk > >controller. > > > >Cory > > > >EuG-LUG mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > > > > -- > Assured Computing > When you need to be sure. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.assuredcomp.com > Voice - 541-868-0331 > FAX - 541-463-1627 > Eugene, Oregon > > > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
