Hi; I had already rebooted and the error I reported still exists prior to sending this email. I subsequently deleted the rpm db files and am now doing the yum update. Thanks, Ken <div> On 1/22/07, alan <<a href="mailto:alan@clueserver.org">alan@clueserver.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Amitakhya Phukan wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Kenneth Wolcott wrote: >> Hi; >> >> I have a corrupt FC6 rpmdb after a timed-out yum update; >> >> attempt to rebuild fails: >> >> rpm --rebuilddb fails: >> >> rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery >> error: db4 error(-30977) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal >> error, run database recovery >> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30977) >> >> How to repair the rpm db? >> >> Thanks, >> Ken Wolcott > > Hi ! > > I face the same problem sometimes. I do rm -rf /var/lib/rpm/__db* > > after that yum update/install and then yum clean all > > then the occurrence frequency of the above decreases. > > the best way is pirut/pup i guess. Actually this is a different problem. There is a known bug where the rpm database gets locked and will not release. The quick solution is to reboot the machine and the lock will release. I do not know how to get it to release "properly". There is a bugzilla report on this, but it is too early in the morning for me to look it up. -- "Invoking the supernatural can explain anything, and hence explains nothing." - University of Utah bioengineering professor Gregory Clark -- 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> </blockquote></div>