Re: Self-Introduction: Wesley Harrell

2006-07-25 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 04:18:01PM -0400, Wesley Harrell wrote: > -Trustworthiness. Well if I was dishonest or even had an ethical > lapse, my wife would surely find out and I don't need that kind of > pain :) Also Matt Miller can hopefully vouch for me as being a >

Self-Introduction: Wesley Harrell

2006-07-25 Thread Wesley Harrell
Name: Wesley Harrell Location: US, Massachusetts, Somerville Profession: Sysadmin Employer: Boston University Goals and Qualifications: -I am interested in helping QA and other duties as needed for the FC releases being cared for and fed by the Legacy Project. I work

Re: All rpm Commands Hang Indefinitely (RH 9)

2006-07-25 Thread Matthew Miller
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 02:28:44PM -0400, Tim Evans wrote: > The hang was indefinite; I left it sit all night and shell prompt never > returned. Process listing shows 'rpm' still running, even after logging > off the terminal; ctrl-c does not kill the process either. Only 'kill -9' > will end it.

Re: All rpm Commands Hang Indefinitely (RH 9)

2006-07-25 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit Internet)
Tim Evans wrote: I've just found FedoraLegacy; this is great. I have a batch of RH 9 systems that badly need updating, and have already started working with 'yum' to get them done. Remember Fedora Legacy will EOL RH9 by the end of this year. Nils Breunese. PGP.sig Description: Dit deel

Re: All rpm Commands Hang Indefinitely (RH 9)

2006-07-25 Thread Tim Evans
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:38:39 -0400, Jesse Keating wrote > On Tuesday 25 July 2006 14:28, Tim Evans wrote: > > In looking into this, I see all 'rpm' commands (even simple queries) hang > > in the same way. Man page doesn't mention it, but is there a lockfile > > somewhere that's holding things up?

Re: All rpm Commands Hang Indefinitely (RH 9)

2006-07-25 Thread Rex Dieter
Tim Evans wrote: > The hang was indefinite; I left it sit all night and shell prompt never > returned. Process listing shows 'rpm' still running, even after logging > off > the terminal; ctrl-c does not kill the process either. Only 'kill -9' > will end it. > > In looking into this, I see all '

Re: All rpm Commands Hang Indefinitely (RH 9)

2006-07-25 Thread Jesse Keating
On Tuesday 25 July 2006 14:28, Tim Evans wrote: > In looking into this, I see all 'rpm' commands (even simple queries) hang > in the same way.  Man page doesn't mention it, but is there a lockfile > somewhere that's holding things up?  Or something else? rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* -- Jesse Keating

All rpm Commands Hang Indefinitely (RH 9)

2006-07-25 Thread Tim Evans
I've just found FedoraLegacy; this is great. I have a batch of RH 9 systems that badly need updating, and have already started working with 'yum' to get them done. One system, however, has hung while installing 'yum' itself per the instructions at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy/Yum9Detailed