Before you do anything else, I would try rebuilding the RPM database with...
rpm --rebuilddb
M.
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 20:15, you wrote:
> Well, this one is new, and baffles me.
>
> When I run Mandrake update to do one package (only selecting one at a
> time) it seems to download and then compile fine, but then the disc
> activity continues, and X freezes up, and the whole time the disc is going
> crazy.
>
> I'm going to try to reinstall tomorrow and see how that goes, and I'm
> thinking about changing / back to ext2 instead of ReiserFS just to see if
> that helps at all, but this package thing is absolutely baffling. I've
> nevr had a problem before installing packages.
>
> If anyone has any idea about this, please drop me a line. This one has me
> quite puzzled indeed.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> There's plenty of semicolons to go around
--
Michael O'Henly
TENZO Design
