[newbie] urpmi database locked

2004-03-13 Thread Tim Martin
I was downloading the mandrake update list and lost my internet connection. Now when I use urpmi it says that my database is locked. Does anyone know how to unlock it? Tim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] urpmi database locked

2004-03-13 Thread Marc Resnick
Tim Martin wrote: I was downloading the mandrake update list and lost my internet connection. Now when I use urpmi it says that my database is locked. Does anyone know how to unlock it? Tim Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] urpmi database locked

2004-03-13 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 09:39:06 -0700 Tim Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was downloading the mandrake update list and lost my internet connection. Now when I use urpmi it says that my database is locked. Does anyone know how to unlock it? Tim rm /var/lib/urpmi/.LOCK and rm

Re: [newbie] Urpmi database locked

2003-12-12 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:45:37 + Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 11 Dec 2003 12:24 pm, Brandon Erik Bertelsen wrote: Lee Wiggers wrote: I closed a shell in the middle of an urpmi update. (Don't ask) Now I get 'urpmi database locked' when I attempt to update.

[newbie] Urpmi database locked

2003-12-11 Thread Lee Wiggers
I closed a shell in the middle of an urpmi update. (Don't ask) Now I get 'urpmi database locked' when I attempt to update. How do I get myself out of this one? Lee -- User #223705 Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] Urpmi database locked

2003-12-11 Thread Brandon Erik Bertelsen
Lee Wiggers wrote: I closed a shell in the middle of an urpmi update. (Don't ask) Now I get 'urpmi database locked' when I attempt to update. How do I get myself out of this one? Lee Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] Urpmi database locked

2003-12-11 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 07:24:10 -0500 Brandon Erik Bertelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lee Wiggers wrote: I closed a shell in the middle of an urpmi update. (Don't ask) Now I get 'urpmi database locked' when I attempt to update. How do I get myself out of this one? Lee

Re: [newbie] URPMI database locked

2002-08-25 Thread Alastair Scott
On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 18:01, David Johnson wrote: I was forced to kill MandrakeUpdate because nothing happened after a long time of it scanning for updates. Now when I try to run it, I get URPMI database locked and can do nothing else with the program. a scan of man urpmi gave no

[newbie] URPMI database locked

2002-08-25 Thread David Johnson
I was forced to kill MandrakeUpdate because nothing happened after a long time of it scanning for updates. Now when I try to run it, I get URPMI database locked and can do nothing else with the program. a scan of man urpmi gave no clues. Does anyone have any idea how to remove the lock from

Re: [newbie] URPMI database locked

2002-08-25 Thread tim
Here is what I do: open a konsole, type 'ps -A' and look for a process with 'urpmi' in its name. note the PID. then type(you might have to be root for this) 'kill -9 PID', replacing PID with the appropreate number. Hope this helps, tim TFTD(thought for the day):It is always the best policy