Michael, Reboot went fine. GRUB shows the original kernel and two new kernels (normal and debug). Everythings seems ok.
Thanks a lot, Gerry Reno --- grenoml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael, > Thanks for the help. I followed your suggestions for finding and > killing the up2date processes and removing the locks in /var/lib/rpm. > > I thought I would first try to run up2date again. So I went to the > console and logged out and logged back in as root; brought up a > terminal window and ran 'up2date' from the command line so that I > could > see any errors that emitted. First rerun I clicked on 'View > Advisory' > - bad idea, hung the window again and threw and error to the term > window: > Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display ":1.0". > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 954, in > showAdvisory > advisories = rhnErrata.getAdvisoryInfo(rowData[1]) > TypeError: unsubscriptable object > > So killed the window and reran up2date again. This time skipped the > 'View Advisory', and I again selected everything. The whole thing ran > through perfectly. I did get one error thrown to the term window > that > didn't look too serious: > Cannot stat file: /usr/share/gnome/help/glade-2/C/faq.xml : No such > file or directory > Maybe someone forgot a file in this package. > > So now I'm going to try a reboot and see what happens. So far so > good. > > > Thanks again, > Gerry Reno > > > > --- Michael Fratoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Sunday 29 December 2002 10:04 pm, grenoml wrote: > > > I installed RH8 recently on a new machine and just ran up2date > for > > the > > > first time and selected everything for update (including kernel > > items). > > > It prompted me for the root password and then took a while but > all > > the > > > packages were downloaded and then repackaged and then it said > > > 'installing /var/spool/up2date/kernel2.4.18-19.8.0.athlon.rpm' > and > > the > > > little watch came up and that's all she wrote... the install > window > > > went completely dead (no window refreshes - nothin'). So I > looked > > in > > > /var/log/messages and found this: > > > ---------------------- > > > Dec 29 19:22:35 tltdev01-lin01 userhelper: pam_timestamp: > timestamp > > > file `/var/run/sudo/greno/unknown:root' is too old, disallowing > > access > > > to up2date for UID 500 > > > Dec 29 19:31:14 tltdev01-lin01 userhelper: pam_timestamp: > timestamp > > > file `/var/run/sudo/greno/unknown:root' is too old, disallowing > > access > > > to up2date for UID 500 > > > Dec 29 21:20:57 tltdev01-lin01 sshd(pam_unix)[30904]: session > > opened > > > for user greno by (uid=500) > > > ---------------------- > > > > > > So I need a little help here. > > > > > > What state is my system in. I have not rebooted because I'm > afraid > > it > > > might not come back up since it was dealing with a kernel update. > > > > There are some known issues with rpm hanging, leaving the database > in > > an > > unusable state, see below. > > > > > What should I do to correct the 'too old' problem in the message > > log. > > > > This is normal. If the timestamp is too old, you are prompted for > the > > root > > password. If it is recent enough, (less than 5 min) access is > allowed > > > > without the password. > > > > > Can I just kill the install window and rerun up2date again? > > > > You can, but you'll need to fix your rpm database after you do. > > Kill the up2date process. > > ps ax | grep up2date > > ps ax | grep rpm > > (Kill any instances of either) > > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* > > (that's 2 underscores __db*) > > rpm --rebuilddb > > # rpm --rebuilddb will take several minutes to finish. > > > > Try running up2date again. It won't download the packages again, it > > will > > use the one's in /var/spool/up2date/. > > > > At this point, you don't need up2date to finish, you can do it from > > the > > command line. > > cd /var/spool/up2date/ > > # Install the kernel package. > > rpm -ivh kernel-2.4*.rpm > > # get the kernel package out of the way.. > > mkdir kernel > > mv kernel-2.4*.rpm kernel/ > > # or delete it, just get it out of the way. > > # Freshen the other packages. > > rpm -Fvh *.rpm > > > > Hope that helps, > > - -- > > - -Michael > > > > pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt > > Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: > http://www.rule-project.org/ > > - -- > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE+D8Jtn/07WoAb/SsRArAfAJ963kJujv7vPumwVQIzR4JdcXRzTQCeMCXY > > UicccUZkzMumWIopbtb0ZQ0= > > =HeLI > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! 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