Le June 8, 2004 03:01 pm, Margot a écrit : > Rory Gleeson wrote: > > During the middle of an update, another program froze the whole system > > and I had to reset. > > > > Now, I can't get in to the drake software media update tool, can't do a > > mandrake update, etc. > > > > Any idea how to resolve this? > > > > Thanks, > > Rory > > As it froze in the middle of an update, it is possible that your > urpmi database is locked. Try the following 2 commands in a root > terminal: > > rm /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK > > rm /var/lib/urpmi/.RPMLOCK > > These will unlock the urpmi database, and you should be able to > continue with your updates. If not, please post the exact error > messages you are getting, plus details of your hardware and the > version of Mandrake that you are using. > > Margot
Another thing I found useful in the past: rpm --rebuilddb As it sounds it clears the rpm database (what is installed ...).
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