Its always a good idea to rpm -K therpmyoudownloaded.rpm and if you want to
check the signature then grab the key off the cd with gpg --import
RPMkeyfilename before you check the rpm. If you picked up some garbage in the
rpm during the download or got a bogus rpm, this procedure will cull out these
kinds of problems.

tom berkley


"David G.Powers" wrote:

> I attempted to install the mc updates via MandrakeUpdate and my system seemed
> to freeze.   I restarted in runlevel 3, grabbed the rpms via FTP and
> attempted to update using:
>
> rpm -Fvh mc-4.5.51-7.1mdk.i586.rpm
>
> I see:
> # mc       ##################################"
> # VM: rpm process killed
> #
>
> I got the rpm from:
> ftp://download.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/mandrake/update/7.2/
>
> If I switch to a consol with X running, I see...
> # VM: X process killed
> # VM: kdeinit process killed
> # VM: kdenotify process killed
> # VM: rpm process killed
> #
>
> between the invokation of the rpm command and the kernel message "VM: rpm
> process killed" my system does not respond, not on any virtual terminal.  I
> Alt-F(n) between them but the login prompt does not get around to requesting
> a password.
>
> Que malo - please help!!!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> DP
>
> On Wednesday 13 December 2000 20:55, Andy wrote:
>
> > > When I try to install rpms, the computer locks up and becomes
> unresponsive.
> > It does this in all runlevels.  When running in very verbose, it goes
> > through the series of ################### and then into just a #.  After
> > about a minute it stops and prints "Killed "and it exits.  It freezes
> > completely in KDE.  Where should I begin to look to solve this?  Any help
> > would be much appreciated.
>
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