rpmdb error help needed

[Parag N(पराग़)]

hi,
On 10/10/06, Erwin Rol <mailinglists at erwinrol.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-10-10 at 10:17 +0530, Parag N(पराग़) wrote:
> > rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
> > error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error,
> > run database recovery
> > rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
> > error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error,
> > run database recovery
> > rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
> > error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error,
> > run database recovery
> > rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
> > error: db4 error(-30977) from db->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error,
> > run database recovery
> > rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery
> > error: db4 error(-30977) from dbenv->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal
> > error, run database recovery
> >
> > I even removed all /var/lib/rpm/__* files and tried to install any rpm
> > but same errors i got when i executed following command
>
> On my Dual Core laptop I see those problems a _lot_, almost every second
> time I do an update. I would be interested to hear if you are using an
> dual core or SMP machine?
>
> I always could fix it by removing the /var/lib/rpm/__* files and than
> run rpm --rebuilddb
looks like i have done that already. Nope i am not using any dual core
nor any SMP machine. but still i am facing same errors with any rpm
-ivh foo.rpm command

regards,
Parag.