nope,, nothing happening... only perl is miniserv.pl (webmin) couldn't find anything chewing up ram or CPU time... nothing with running rpm or urpm* either.
So I restarted, and it seems to be rebuilding the db fine now.. (lots of HD activity now, as opposed to none before..and also showing up in top.) no idea why its working now though... go figure.. I don't like restarting a box for reasons I can't explain. rgds franki -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Damian Sent: Monday, 14 October 2002 8:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] mdk9 rpm problems. 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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