On Fri, 2006-06-02 at 21:51 -0400, Gary W. Sherwin wrote: > I am running Core 5 and have been having a problem trying to update the > kernel-devel package. > > The first problem was a total overnight hang of Pup, that froze the > whole machine. > Next, I tried yum which also failed with the memory alloc message > I also tried rpm -e of the kernel-devel packages, both as a group and > individually; same thing > I have tried rebuilddb in rpm and repeated the above tests with the same > results. > > yum remove kernel-devel > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Setting up Remove Process > Resolving Dependencies > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.16-1.2108_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.16-1.2107_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.16-1.2096_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.16-1.2069_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.14-1.1644_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 set to be erased > ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 set to be erased > --> Running transaction check > > Dependencies Resolved > > ============================================================================= > Package Arch Version Repository Size > ============================================================================= > Removing: > kernel-devel i686 2.6.16-1.2108_FC4 installed 13 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 installed 12 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.16-1.2107_FC4 installed 13 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 installed 12 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 installed 12 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.16-1.2096_FC4 installed 13 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 installed 13 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.12-1.1447_FC4 installed 12 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.15-1.1831_FC4 installed 13 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4 installed 13 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 installed 12 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.14-1.1644_FC4 installed 12 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 installed 12 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.13-1.1526_FC4 installed 12 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4 installed 13 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 installed 13 M > kernel-devel i686 2.6.13-1.1532_FC4 installed 12 M > > Transaction Summary > ============================================================================= > Install 0 Package(s) > Update 0 Package(s) > Remove 17 Package(s) > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages: > Running Transaction Test > memory alloc (4 bytes) returned NULL. > > Any sugestions? Try removing them one at a time? # rpm -e kernel-devel-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4 etc. Paul.
