On 8/2/05, Axel Thimm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 04:29:28PM -0400, Christopher Holmes wrote: > > That's great, but is there a way to fix a buggered system AFTER you're > > hosed? > > Rpm & apt don't work now and I don't have yum or smart installed. > > What does "rpm don't work" mean?
I get this sort of error for any apt or rpm operation I've tried since the upgrade: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# apt-get install rpm librpm4.4 apt atrpms-package-config fedora-release beecrypt rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Function not implemented (38) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm E: could not open RPM database [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# apt-get install fedora-release atrpms-package-config beecrypt apt smart rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Function not implemented (38) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm E: could not open RPM database [EMAIL PROTECTED] mythtv]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# rpm -i atrpms-kickstart-28-1.rhfc3.at.i386.rpm rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Function not implemented (38) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm warning: atrpms-kickstart-28-1.rhfc3.at.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 66534c2b rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock: Function not implemented error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]# > > > I suppose I could compile rpm or apt from sources, but is there an easier > > way? > > Download the fixed atrpms-kickstart, unless your rpm is really broken. It's really broken. > > > > After trying a bunch of suggestions from Axel, we found that the > > > following works: > > > > > > Before the apt-get dist-upgrade, try emptying /etc/apt/preferences, then > > > doing: > -- > Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
