Re: error message from YUM

2009-03-20 Thread Les
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

error message from YUM

2009-03-18 Thread Les
Hi, everyone, I am running F10. I attempted to review some yum groups using the Add/Remove Software button, and the window gives me the following error: Error Type: type 'exceptions.TypeError' Error Value: rpmdb open failed File : /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py, line

Re: error message from YUM

2009-03-18 Thread Kevin Kofler
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

Re: error message from YUM

2009-03-18 Thread Richard Hughes
On Wed, 2009-03-18 at 11:44 -0700, Les wrote: Error Type: type 'exceptions.TypeError' 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: