[rhn-users] Problem running up2date

[Alfred Hovdestad]

Can you run any other root level commands (e.g., system-config-printer)? 
  It may not be an up2date problem if you can still run up2date in CLI 
mode.  I did find the following NOTABUG which sounds similar.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=142257


What did you find in /var/log/messages and /var/log/up2date?

    Alfred Hovdestad



Mathew Snyder wrote:
> I usually just run up2date and then it asks for root's credentials via
> the graphical dialog.  However, upon hitting enter on the dialog, I get
> the below error.
> 
> Mathew Snyder
> Systems Administrator
> Network+
> ServerVault TechOps
> 
> 
> 
> Alfred Hovdestad wrote:
> 
>>Can you still run up2date successfully in CLI mode?  If not, you can try
>> rebuilding the rpm database:
>>
>> rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
>> rpm -vv --rebuilddb
>>
>>
>>If you can still run up2date via the CLI, it may be an X authority
>>issue.  Are you logged in as root or do you run su to become root?  If
>>you run su, there is an Xauthority or Xissue file somewhere (I can't
>>remember where it is, try $HOME or /tmp) that you can delete and then
>>restart your X session.
>>
>>   Alfred Hovdestad
>>
>>
>>
>>Mathew Snyder wrote:
>>
>>>I've been using the --noui option to run it from the CL.  It's one of
>>>those things that has been frustrating because I can't figure out how to
>>>fix it.
>>>
>>>
>>>Mathew Snyder
>>>Systems Administrator
>>>Network+
>>>ServerVault TechOps
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hicks, Adrian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Try the console version.
>>>>
>>>>Configure it not to run in gui "up2date --configure" or "up2date --nox"
>>>>
>>>>Adrian
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com]
>>>>On Behalf Of Mathew Snyder
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, 28 February 2006 6:14 PM
>>>>To: rhn-users at redhat.com
>>>>Subject: [rhn-users] Problem running up2date
>>>>
>>>>I don't know what I did but somewhere along the line up2date got borked.
>>>>I can no longer run the graphical front-end.  This is the error I get:
>>>>
>>>>An error has occurred:
>>>>exceptions.RuntimeError
>>>>See /var/log/up2date for more information
>>>>python: Modules/gcmodule.c:231: visit_decref: Assertion `gc->gc.gc_refs
>>>>!= 0' failed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I've reinstalled each of the following using rpm -Uvh --force:
>>>>up2date
>>>>gnome-up2date
>>>>python
>>>>
>>>>I still get the error.  However, if I run up2date with the -noui flag it
>>>>works fine.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas what might be causing this?
>>>>-- 
>>>>Mathew Snyder
>>>>Systems Administrator
>>>>Network+
>>>>ServerVault TechOps
>>>>
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