Some more details to help assist debugging the issue: $rpm -Uvvh kernel-wlan-ng-modules-fc1-0.2.0-7.i686.rpm D: ============== kernel-wlan-ng-modules-fc1-0.2.0-7.i686.rpm D: Expected size: 161037 = lead(96)+sigs(180)+pad(4)+data(160757) D: Actual size: 161037 D: kernel-wlan-ng-modules-fc1-0.2.0-7.i686.rpm: MD5 digest: OK (ae6c59489a83ea6a4b51c1bca393df44) D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv rpmdb: unable to join the environment error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0 error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily unavailable (11) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm D: found 0 source and 1 binary packages D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages joinenv rpmdb: unable to join the environment error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0 error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm D: ========== recording tsort relations D: ========== tsorting packages (order, #predecessors, #succesors, tree, depth) D: 0 0 0 0 0 +kernel-wlan-ng-modules-fc1-0.2.0-7 On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 10:55, Michael Weiner wrote: > I recently upgraded my Sony Viao PCG-F480 from rhl9 to fc1 and > everything seems to be working pretty much ok. However i am running into > a problem with rpm. When i query or try to do anything with the rpmdb i > receive errors like the following: > > $rpm -qa | grep rhgb > rpmdb: unable to join the environment > error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily > unavailable (11) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > > has anyone else run into this as well? If so, how can i fix the problem? > > Thanks in advance for any advice or tips. > Michael Weiner > Systems Administrator > The UserFriendly Network (UFN)