On Thursday 10 Oct 2002 12:45 pm, Miark wrote: > I installed 9 on a machine, and when I invoke rpmdrake from > the command line, it examines the available hdlists, and then > it gives the following error: > > rpmdb: region error detected; run recovery. > Couldn't open RPM DB at /usr/sbin/rpmdrake line 138. > > I tried "rpm --rebuilddb" but got similar complaints: > > rpmdb: region error detected; run recovery. > error: db4 error(-30981) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal > error, run data base recovery > error: cannot open Packages index > > I also tried disabling all media sources other that the CDs, > but it makes no difference. I can't find any mention of recovery > in the rpm man page, or any other "recover" tools no the system. > I'd really rather not re-install from the ground, up. Any ideas?
I got that message a few months back with Cooker. Rebooting fixed it. With any luck it might fix yours too. Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today
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