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<font size="+1"><tt>I am getting these error banner pop-ups at random:<br>
<br>
Failed to initialize<br>
Failed to initialize packaging backend.<br>
This may occur if other packaging tools are being used
simultaneously.<br>
<br>
More details<br>
Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
File "/usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py", line 2828, in
__init__<br>
self.repos.confirm_func = self._repo_gpg_confirm<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 646, in
<lambda><br>
repos = property(fget=lambda self: self._getRepos(),<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 451, in
_getRepos<br>
self.conf # touch the config class first<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 652, in
<lambda><br>
conf = property(fget=lambda self: self._getConfig(),<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 239, in
_getConfig<br>
self._conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf)<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 794, in
readMainConfig<br>
yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot,
startupconf.distroverpkg)<br>
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 867, in
_getsysver<br>
idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg)<br>
TypeError: rpmdb open failed<br>
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The only process I have running for yum is:<br>
$ ps -wwef | grep yum<br>
root 2489 1 0 10:23 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python -tt
/usr/sbin/yum-updatesd<br>
<br>
Problem is I do not know if the yum-updatesd process is popping<br>
up this banner or some other process. Is there some other process <br>
besides yum-updatesd tha would pop up this banner.<br>
I do not have any any other process(es) doing anything with<br>
rpm or yum.<br>
<br>
Thanx for your help.<br>
<br>
JD<br>
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