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On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 17:07, Paul wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 14:27, Dave Needham wrote:
> > -- here we go again.can some one help me unlock urpmi datebase as it is
> > locked.
>
> su
>
> ps -A
>
> kill ????  (replace ?s with number of urpmi or whatever)
>
> is the long way, can't think of the short way at the moment

<sigh>  That's why we created the TWiki - it's a FAQ.

killall urpmi urpmi.update urpme rpm urpmi.addmedia
rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK /var/lib/rpm/RPMLOCK

You'll find it in http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/UsingUrpmi (which 
should be required reading, it has so much useful info)

Anne
- -- 
Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/)
Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?  Mandrake at all levels
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