[rhn-users] rhn_check and up2date hang, and rhnsd doesn't checkin anymore

[Rudy D hauwe]

Hi,

I think I found a solution, the rpm database was probably corrupt.
The following command did the trick:

rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.*

Should I manually invoke a rpm rebuild?

Regards,
Rudy

> Hello,
> 
> We are running RHEL3 with the RedHat Network up2date agent.
> 
> Yesterday the up2date process crashed while beginning to install 
> updates. Since then the rhnsd service didn't checkin anymore at the 
> redhat servers to check for updates. When we launch up2date or 
> rhn_check manually, it just hangs without any error message.
> 
> The rhn_check process then has to be killed in order to stop it.
> 
> Any suggestion would be really welcome!
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy
> 
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