---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rony Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 21:56:48 +0530 > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] FC4 package managing problems. > Hello All, > > Some months back when there was a discussion on using a caching name > server so at that time I used the local package manager to install bind > and co. but at that time something had happened and the system went into
If you can remember what exactly happend > a runaway process with the HDD continuously active. After a forced > restart, the package manager showed bind and co. ticked (installed) but > they are actually not in the system. When I uncheck to remove the > packages, it gives an error that these packages were not found. > > Today I tried it out again but same result. So now I used yumx and > selected 3 packages bind, caching-nameserver and chrootbind(?). This > time too the system went into a tizzy and the hdd was running > continuously and even the screen froze and went hollow (only outlines, > no solids). Again I had to force restart. > > Is there any way I can clean up my act without a clean re-install? > > Thanks in advance and Regards, > > Rony. try first updating the 3 packages bind, caching-nameserver and chrootbind if right now it is installed- rpm -Uvh bind9.x.x.rpm , and other rpms one by one. if it doesnt work then try checking which files in use in your system requires those packages that you want to uninstall by- rpm -q --whatrequires bind9.x.x.rpm & rpm -q --requires bind9.x.x.rpm May be the some bind utility or graphical bind9.x.x.rpm installed is causing the system to hang. also try to rebuild rpm database by- rpm --rebuild & rpm --init -try all this in RUNLEVEL 3 , on console without running X Bye Take care, Swapnil --The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His. -Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942- ) -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
