Corrupted System

[Satish Balay]

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, achoens at frontiernet.net wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I've got a complicated problem.  I keep yum pointed at development.  I
> updated my system via yum and then things went crazy.  The system
> started off as a FC3 T2(2.91) system running on a Toshiba laptop.
> 
> Now when I boot, X won't work and rhgb goes crazy.  I can get to a
> useful command prompt by editing my kernel arguments, although rhgb
> tries to start if it's listed in the kernel argument or not.  I can
> boot to single and then init 3 to get the network up and running. 
> Booting straight to 3 doesn't work.  It makes the machine go crazy and
> won't let you log in.
> 
> I tried to roll-back my X installation using yum's cache, but when I try
> to use rpm, I am told that my ELF headers are invalid in
> /usr/lib/libpopt.so.0
> 
> So, what can I do to get this computer running again?  I'm downloading
> 2.92 installation CD's now.  I don't know if this will help or not, but
> it's the only thing I can think of.  I seem to have basic bash
> capability, but most things beyond that gives me the error above about
> my ELF headers.
> 
> Ideas, comments, and suggestions are encouraged.

How about 'rpm -V popt'
or 'rpm -Va'
to find perhaps corrupted rpms - and try reinstalling them again?

Satish