Dennis Myers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tuesday 20 June 2006 9:00 am, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > You probably left the first instance of urpmi open. You can only run one > rpmdrake at a time. Close the unneeded one and have a go again. > HTH. Dennis M. in addition to Dennis's post,
--- snip --------- As superuser, enter: killall urpmi urpmi.update urpme rpm urpmi.addmedia rm -f /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK /var/lib/rpm/RPMLOCK If that doesn't unlock the database, rebooting is always the solution. --- snip --------- from the Wiki: http://mandriva.vmlinuz.ca/index.php/SysAdmin/Urpmi#RPM_database_locked HTH -- RickS "It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." -F.D.Roosevelt ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
