El Lun 14 Oct 2002 03:19, Franki escribió: > Hi guys, > > > After proclaiming my mdk9 install to be a success, I find myself kinda > embarrased. > > I tried to install an app with urpmi <appname> and it didn't work. > > Then I tried to fire up MandrakeUpdate,,, same result.. it displays "please > wait finding available packages" and that message never disapears. (been up > for 36 hours now.) > > Then I tried rpm --rebuilddb > > no good, just sits there doing nothing. > > even a query like: > > rpm -qa | grep kde > > just sits there... > > ditto with installing: > urpmi gkrellm > > has just sat there doing nothing for 12 hours. > > and I can't find anything interesting in syslog about it... > > anyone know whats going on??? >
Fire up your favourite process manager, check for any runaway "rpm" process, or any other kind of loose program that may be using the RPM database. ( Hint: dead/hung "mandrake control center" instances appear as perl instances.) HTH -- Damian -- "Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality."(The Dalai Lama)
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