You think left over tmp files are causing the freezes? It concerns me that I can do a few rpm commands, and then it freezes.
I'll try to pay more attention to the _db* files though. -Rob -----Original Message----- From: Caleb Groom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RPM on Redhat 8.0 On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 11:35, Dege, Robert C wrote: > I just installed Redhat 8.0 on a new system. As one of my first tasks, I > check out the init.d directory and decide what I don't want installed. I > then query rpm for the correct rpm package & then proceed to remove them via > `rpm -e` > > Here's where the problem comes in. I am able to query rpm just fine, but if > I specify too many packages to install at once, rpm freezes. For example, I > tried to removed all instances of postgres: > > # rpm -e ` rpm -qa | grep post` > > It just sat there. Ctrl-C wouldn't work. So I had to suspend. kill % > wouldn't work either. I had to kill -9 %. After that, any rpm queries > would just freeze. I have to reboot the machine in order to restore rpm > functionality. > > After reboot I can interact with rpm again, but it eventually freezes. It > even froze during a rpm --rebuilddb. But as always, a reboot fixes the > problem. > > Anyone else having problems? I checked RedHat's errata, but no rpm issues > were listed. > > -Rob Usually when RPMs lockup you need to delete the __db.* files located in /var/lib/rpm -- Caleb Groom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
