I finally solved the problem. I got an answer I another forum, somebody suggested that, since I had just upgraded from FC3 to FC4, and since I'm using SELinux, that maybe relabeling my filesystem should work. So in gnome I went to Desktop-->System Settings-->Security Level. There I activated the "Relabel on next boot" box in SELinux, rebooted... and the problems were gone. So thanks to all who replied to this mail. cheers, Rodrigo From: Rick Stevens <rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:27:19 -0700 Subject: Re: FC4 rpm not working properly Mike McCarty wrote: > Alexander Apprich wrote: > >> Hi Rodrigo, >> >> Rodrigo López Negrete wrote: > > > [that he had a problem with rpm install scripts] > >> try the following... >> >> 1. (re)move /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* >> 2. rpm --rebuilddb > > > Is the rm necessary? I've used rpm --rebuilddb before, > and it seemed to do the job. Depends on how screwed up the database files are. For safety sake, delete them. >> Had the same problem after installing FC4, but I had this problem ever >> since RH8.0 every now and then. > > > Hmm. Are there known defects with rpm? No, it's a long standing issue with dbm (which manages the database files). Why it hasn't been fixed yet is beyond me, but I suspect that it's difficult to reproduce on demand. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - The world is coming to an end ... SAVE YOUR FILES!!! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
