yes, I did do that, but I got the same errors afterwards. the reason I'm working on rpm is that I downloaded an rpm of rpm, and ran rpm -i rpm... to install it and got a list of a bunch of dependencies like /bin/bash, /bin/sh, etc. that are obviously installed... so that's why i'm trying to fix rpm first. sorry to chris for the double post - i keep forgetting to reply to the list instead of the poster. :) <div>On 10/6/05, Chris Northwood <<a href="mailto:chris@animebots.co.uk"> chris@animebots.co.uk</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> From: <a href="mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com"> fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:fedora-list-">fedora-list-</a> > <a href="mailto:bounces@redhat.com">bounces@redhat.com</a>] On Behalf Of Spencer Kellis > Sent: 06 October 2005 16:26 > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: yum broken > > Thanks for all the help so far. > > I ran memtest86 overnight (12 hours WallTime, 30 Tests) and everything > passed fine. > > I deleted the files listed in the "man rpm" page as having to do with the > rpm database (this was basically the /var/log/rpm folder). Referring back > to Rick's email, I noticed he suggested deleting only the __db.00x files. > Oops. :) Anyway, I'm getting a "cannot open/read repomd.xml" from yum, > and guessing it's an rpm problem, so I'm currently tracking that down. > Once I get that rpm up and running again, I'll check to see if this all > has made a difference with yum. Repomd.xml is a Yum file, not an RPM file. Have you tried yum clean all? Chris Northwood. > Spencer On 10/5/05, Rick Stevens <<a href="mailto:rstevens@vitalstream.com"> rstevens@vitalstream.com</a>> wrote: On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 14:00 -0400, Tony Nelson wrote: > At 11:00 AM -0600 10/5/05, Spencer Kellis wrote: >... > >Tony - thanks for the suggestion, and I'll try that as soon as I've got > >the memtest86 figured out.Do you know where the db is located in the > >filesystem to delete (or how to find it)? > > Nope.Hopefully the list is your friend, but if not, Google is your > friend.I think removing the RPM database may have been covered on the > list. If you're talking about the RPM database, it's in in "/var/lib/rpm" and contained in the files "__db.001", "__db.002" and "__db.003". If you're referring to the yum databases, they're in "/var/cache/yum/<repo-name>". That's all contained in the "Files" part of the man pages for rpm and yum."man" is also your friend.In Linux, you have a LOT of friends! > Searching the list archive does not work (though they're working on that); > until then here's a list mirror to search: > > <a href="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2"> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&r=1&w=2</a> > > or use Google, but Google isn't as current: > > <search terms> site: <a href="http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list">www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list </a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer <a href="mailto:rstevens@vitalstream.com">rstevens@vitalstream.com</a> - - VitalStream, Inc. <a href="http://www.vitalstream.com">http://www.vitalstream.com</a> - -- - If this is the first day of the rest of my life... - -I'm in BIG trouble! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </a> -- <a href="http://www.spencerkellis.net">www.spencerkellis.net</a> </blockquote></div> -- <a href="http://www.spencerkellis.net">www.spencerkellis.net</a>