I hope you find an answer because I'm experiencing the same thing on one of my MDK 9.0 boxes. I've had to re-install from scratch twice so far. I thought it was a hard drive problem, but now that you've got the same symptoms, I'm thinking it's something more sinister.
Miark On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:02:02 +0100 "Wolfgang Bornath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > after experiencing the first 9.0-crash after 29 days uptime I had to > re-install the system from scratch, no joke! > During new installation from the 3 CDs I forgot to install mailx which > seems to be essential for sending mail. I did not know that! > > So I opened an xterm, su-ed to root and typed in: > --------------------------------- > [root@molch]# urpmi mailx > rpmdb: region error detected; run recovery. > Can't call method "traverse_tag" on an undefined value at > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/URPM/Resolve.pm > line 267. > -------------------------------------- > WTF? > I grabbed my CD1, mounted it, cd-ed into the RPM directory and did: > ------------------------------------- > [root@molch RPMS]# rpm -ivh mailx-8.1.1-20mdk.i586.rpm > rpmdb: region error detected; run recovery. > Error: db4 error(-30981) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: > Fatal error, run database recovery > Error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30981) > Error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > -------------------------------------- > I grew somewhat angry and thought it may be the rpm database, so I did: > --------------------------------------- > [root@molch]# rpm -rebuilddb > rpmdb: region error detected; run recovery. > Error: db4 error(-30981) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: > Fatal error, run database recovery > Error: cannot open Packages index > ---------------------------------------- > > Now I'm sitting here, posting from Outcrap (I hope I don't make too big > a mess). > Worse, I can't reach my newsgroups and I can't work because I need mails > and Linux at the same time. > > Do I have to do a Windows? I mean, a complete re-installation? > > wobo > > >
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