Re: [expert] rpm database corruption -severe

2003-08-14 Thread kwan
/usr/lib/rpm/db_dump Packages-ORIG | \ /usr/lib/rpm/db_load Packages (now, I donĀ“t get the command here) = What is the final command above? Why the \ just after the pipe? It was probably a line continuation character. The \ was probably meant to go on the

[expert] rpm database corruption -severe

2003-08-14 Thread John Haywood
on installing the latest kernel n my laptop, there were various errors pertaining to lines in the rpm database No problema, just remove the __db* files, the rpmrebuildpid number and rebuild again, thought I ... now the whole thing segfaults OK, go to rpm.org,

[expert] RPM database wierdness

2002-11-14 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have noticed a wierd problem with RPM on both my home and work machines since upgrading to mdk9.0. After the machine has been up for a while, all rpm operations hang. This includes rpm -q and rpm --rebuilddb as well as rpm -U, rpm -e etc. rpm -qa and rpm --rebuilddb normally get part way

[expert] rpm database lost, is grpmi bugged, ?

2002-06-10 Thread Thierry TERRIER
Hi to the list After a simple install, i saw that ! jun 7 11:47:36 linux grpmi: [RPM] libparted14-1.4.24-1mdk installed (this is the last operation on packages) ... Jun 8 04:02:26 linux : Security Warning: These packages have changed on the system : ... Jun 8 04:02:26 linux : - removed package

Re: [expert] rpm database

2002-03-20 Thread RC on MandrakeExpert
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:50:01 +0100 (MET) Lars Roland Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have just installed the rpm called locals - now my rpm database i f***ed - It will make core dumped if i use rpm --rebuilddb, is there anyway i can manualy edit the database or any other way i

[expert] rpm database

2002-03-02 Thread Lars Roland Kristiansen
Hi I have just installed the rpm called locals - now my rpm database i f***ed - It will make core dumped if i use rpm --rebuilddb, is there anyway i can manualy edit the database or any other way i can fix this. (reinstalling is not an option) ___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars

Re: [expert] rpm database

2002-03-02 Thread James
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002 18:50:01 +0100 (MET) Lars Roland Kristiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I have just installed the rpm called locals - now my rpm database i f***ed - It will make core dumped if i use rpm --rebuilddb, is there anyway i can manualy edit the database or any other way i can

[expert] rpm database missing most of my packages.

2002-02-12 Thread Franki
Hi all, my rpm database is missing most of the packages I have installed.. it says many packages are not installed when they are... I have ran rpm --rebuilddb many times and it still doesn't know whats going on.. I am going through the expert/upgrade now, having removed a great deal of stuff

[expert] RPM database missing?

2001-01-03 Thread David Boles
The last time I tried to install something with MandrakeUpdate, the new cups, it downloaded, indicated that it was being installed and then my hard drive 'trashed' for about 5 minutes. No mouse or keyboard control. I had to press the reset button to get it to stop. Now MandrakeUpdate show me that

Re: [expert] RPM database won't rebuild!

2000-08-17 Thread Gavin Clark
I've seen weird stuff like that when the .rpm file I downloaded is corrupt. Gavin on 8/16/00 5:40 PM, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends I would appreciate your help with my rpm database problem: I was been unable to get my RealPlayer to play Radio Free Europe from its usual URL

Re: [expert] RPM database won't rebuild!

2000-08-17 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote: Dear friends I would appreciate your help with my rpm database problem: I was been unable to get my RealPlayer to play Radio Free Europe from its usual URL using Netscape. There is nothing wrong with RealPlayer itself. It plays other stations and even

[expert] RPM database won't rebuild!

2000-08-16 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends I would appreciate your help with my rpm database problem: I was been unable to get my RealPlayer to play Radio Free Europe from its usual URL using Netscape. There is nothing wrong with RealPlayer itself. It plays other stations and even Radio Free Europe using a different URL.

Re: [expert] RPM database won't rebuild!

2000-08-16 Thread Ellick Chan
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Benjamin Sher wrote: Apparently, when I do a 'rpm -qf `which realplay`', it says that it is not owned by any package. Must be Real's fault for making broken rpms that don't report the files they own properly. Dear friends I would appreciate your help with my rpm

[expert] RPM Database help

2000-06-25 Thread Ralph F. De Witt
Hi: Can any one tell me the name and location of the rpm database, and how to remove entries. I find after upgrading to Mandrake 7.1 I have several entries pointing to multiple files/copies of the same file and cannot delete them. I thank you in advance for your help. Ralph

[expert] RPM database problem

1999-02-15 Thread Magnus Solvang
I noticed something strange when I installed Mandrake on my computer at home: The RPM database contained two versions of almost all packages. It was a clean install of Mandrake-5.3-2 (everything was repar- titioned and formatted), with the RPMs from apps/kernel2.2 and the kernel source for 2.2.1