had already rebuilt the db as well. my guess is with the stray log files cause the machine has a 1/2 gig of ram.
note: this happened after a failed compilation of a particular application from source (the app was metacity). On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 13:37, Mike Martin wrote: > --- jack wallen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > quite aware > that there is no such thing as a gnome or kde rpm. i > > attempted installing/upgrading with red-carpet, gnorpm, and > > command-line > > and all variants seg faulted. > > Just making sure (lot of newbies on the list) and message is a little > confusing. > > As regards everything being fine after reboot you may have had some > some stray rpm log files or processes lying around or even running > low on memory. > > You sometimes get problems like this if the rpmdb gets out of whack - > then doing a rpm --rebuilddb usually fixes it (IME) > > > > > On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 10:52, Mike Martin wrote: > > > --- "Wagner, Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having > > the > > > same problems with RPM in GNOME. Last time I > > > > checked (05/20/2002) there weren't any updates applicable to > > this > > > > problem. I haven't had a chance to try this, but the only > > thing I > > > > can think of is to switch into KDE temporarily just to do RPM > > > > stuff. Perhaps the KDE version of RPM does not have these same > > > > errors. > > > > > > Aaaarrrgh > > > > > > If you mean rpm and not gnorpm/kpackage - there is no such thing > > as > > > gnome or kde rpm. > > > > > > Try from command line > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: jack wallen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 9:39 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: rpm seg faulting > > > > > > > > > > > > all of a sudden rpm is seg faulting on me. i'm using 7.2 with > > > > Ximian > > > > GNOME (using red-carpet to update). is there a way i can figure > > out > > > > what > > > > is happening? do i have to use gdb (not very familiar with it). > > > > > > > > any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > jack wallen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > > > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > > > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
