Jonathan,
> > The error-message appeared on the console while RPM was updating
> > linuxconf (without anyone being logged in on it - strange!).
> Not necessarily strange at all. Check /etc/syslog.conf for an entry
> containing /dev/console.
This is the info in /etc/syslog.con - there is none that goes to
/dev/console.
#kern.* /dev/console
*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none /var/log/messages
authpriv.* /var/log/secure
mail.* /var/log/maillog
*.emerg *
uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler
And they were not error messages. They were linuxconf message-dialogs with
an OK button.
> > Because of this, the console kept some linuxconf processes running.
> This I don't understand. The console is just a device. It has no
> controlling influence over other processes.
The strange thing was: nobody was logged on to the console. So out of the
blue, linuxconf somehow managed to take over the console. It was really
really strange. I don't understand either, but I'm sure this was it - I
could even (then) reproduce it!
> > RPM refused to continue and got so confused that it actually had
> > installed TWO versions of linuxconf at one time!
> OK... I can't think how, unless you specify a non-default database
> location to RPM. That sounds like an RPM bug to me. Again it would
> be really valuable to duplicate this rather just ignore it.
I'd love to help reproducing, but I have changed a lot of rpms the last
couple of days to get everything running again, so I'm afraid I will not be
able to reproduce. If you really want me to do it, I can try, but I'm
running out of time as I need to get these machines moved to another place
by late next week (and there are 2 clients screaming for attention too :-)
> messages on the console (from rpm? from linuxconf?) that you have to
> press OK to get to disappear sounds unusual... not syslogd in that
> case... maybe RPM itself? I just got a copy of Maximum RPM but
> haven't read it yet. Maybe I should!
It might be a combination of RPM and linuxconf, as I think it is executing
some scripts while deinstalling/installing rpm files. So, it might try
running some linuxconf script on the console.
Jeroen Pluimers
http://www.pluimers.com
Linux is just like a wigwam:
no Windows, no Gates and an Apache inside.
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