----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stejskal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Kernel-Source
> RickS wrote: > > 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 > > > Also check to make sure urpmi the process isn't running using top :) > Paul Thanks to all who have responded. As RickS says I can always reboot and unlock urpmi. What I am interested is: why I cannot install the kernel-source. I wish to find a way to install it or I am doomed to be unable to compile things. Any ideas why urpmi hangs? Teilhard ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
