oh well, I thought that there might be something to the red-carpet rpm database vs the up2date rpm database.
-- Andy --- Richard Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do indeed have Red Carpet on my system. > > I'm poking around Ximian's knowledge base now. I have a > feeling it > might have something to do with the python-popt packages. > I dunno; all > I remember is an error running Anaconda that related to > python in some > way (I was not able to save that error message, dammit). > > > On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 18:29, andy wergedal wrote: > > Have you installed red-carpet? > > > > -- Andy > > > > > > > > --- Richard Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I believe I've narrowed the problem down to some ugly > > > Ximian packages > > > that are on my system (I love Evolution, but I am > > > seriously questioning > > > my wisdom in putting the entire Ximian GNOME desktop > onto > > > my computer). > > > > > > I communicated with a fellow at Ximian who suggests > > > downgrading all of > > > my Ximian packages, being especially careful with > glibc, > > > and doing a > > > package-by-package upgrade of the RPM's on my system. > > > > > > Grumble. > > > > > > I wonder if it would be easier to zark my Linux > > > installation as it is, > > > tarring up my home directory into my data partition, > and > > > reinstalling > > > RH8.0 from scratch? > > > > > > Opinions? Suggestions? Advice? Offers to come and > do > > > it for me > > > (newbie fear setting in -- I can handle most kernel > > > panics and just > > > about everything else that comes up on my system > pretty > > > much on my own > > > now, thanks to the extraordinary patience of my > > > brother-in-law and this > > > awesome LUG, but OS installs always intimidate the > > > bejeebers out of me, > > > even when I'm just doing a Windows install)? > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 13:53, Richard Crawford wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 11:58, ME wrote: > > > > > > > > > Fail after a pwrite? Hmm. Would you mind running > this > > > again, but instead try: > > > > > # strace -f rpm --rebuilddb > > > > > ? The -f also does the strace on child processes > > > spawned by the first. I > > > > > am betting that "rpm --rebuilddb" actually calls > a > > > different program that > > > > > is segfaulting and the strace is not contintuing > to > > > the next app being > > > > > called. > > > > > (Just guessing) > > > > > > > > > > If the output of the lines just preceeding the > > > SIGSEGV is the same, you > > > > > dont need to paste it in again, just let us know. > If > > > the output leading up > > > > > to the Segfault is different, could you include > the > > > new run/output like > > > > > you did this time? :-) > > > > > > > > I ran, > > > > > > > > # strace -f rpm --rebuilddb > > > > > > > > and got exactly the same output. Eerie. > > > > > > > > I should point out that other functions of rpm (-i, > -e, > > > -qa, etc.) > > > > function normally. It's when I run it with > --rebuilddb > > > that it bombs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On the topic of "time". After you run the > program, > > > does it immediately > > > > > return the message "segfault" or does it take a > while > > > and occur after lots > > > > > of disk activity? > > > > > > > > It's immediate. There's no hard drive activity at > all. > > > -- > > > Slainte, > > > Richard S. Crawford > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mossroot.com > > > AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Yahoo!: rscrawford > > > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what > is > > > essential is > > > invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupery > > > > > > vi vi vi - the editor of the beast > > > _______________________________________________ > > > vox-tech mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > vox-tech mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > -- > Slainte, > Richard S. Crawford > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mossroot.com > AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Yahoo!: rscrawford > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is > essential is > invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupery > > vi vi vi - the editor of the beast > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
