Re: error message from YUM
On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 21:23 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote: > Les wrote: > > If I am reading this debug message correctly, it appears that a lock > > file is in place. But the path is not given. > > There are numbered files matching the pattern: > /var/lib/rpm/__db.??? > > These are used to access the actual RPM database and also hold its locks. > Deleting these files allows recovering from locking issues. > > WARNING: Do not delete any other files in /var/lib/rpm! > > Kevin Kofler > It turned out that I had to reboot (power issues), and during that exercise, the locks cleared, and yum is back to working again. But thanks for the reminder about the database files. I should have thought of that. Regards, Les H -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: error message from YUM
On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 11:44 -0700, Les wrote: > Error Type: > Error Value: rpmdb open failed Does this go away after a reboot? Richard. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
Re: error message from YUM
Les wrote: > If I am reading this debug message correctly, it appears that a lock > file is in place. But the path is not given. There are numbered files matching the pattern: /var/lib/rpm/__db.??? These are used to access the actual RPM database and also hold its locks. Deleting these files allows recovering from locking issues. WARNING: Do not delete any other files in /var/lib/rpm! Kevin Kofler -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
