Here is what I do:
open a konsole, type 'ps -A' and look for a process with 'urpmi' in its name.
note the PID. then type(you might have to be root for this) 'kill -9 PID',
replacing PID with the appropreate number.
Hope this helps,
tim
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-- Jerome K. Jerome
On Sunday 25 August 2002 10:01 am, David Johnson did speak unto the huddled
masses, saying:
> I was forced to kill MandrakeUpdate because nothing happened after a long
> time of it scanning for updates.
>
> Now when I try to run it, I get "URPMI database locked" and can do nothing
> else with the program.
>
> a scan of man urpmi gave no clues.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to remove the lock from the urpmi database?
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