On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 20:47 -0700, Jim Cromie wrote: > a recent large update has gone badly wrong, > (the screen went into graphics mode, fixed by 'reset' cmd) > and now I get this on a re-invoke sanity test. > > > [jimc@harpo ~]$ sudo yum shell > Password: > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery > error: db4 error(-30977) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, > run database recovery > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30977) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 85, in main > base.getOptionsConfig(args) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 199, in getOptionsConfig > errorlevel=opts.errorlevel) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 125, in > doConfigSetup > self.conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 597, in > readMainConfig > yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, > startupconf.distroverpkg) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 656, in > _getsysver > idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg) > TypeError: rpmdb open failed > [jimc@harpo ~]$ man rpm > > rebuilding the db didnt help.. > > [jimc@harpo ~]$ sudo rpm --rebuilddb > rpmdb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery > error: db4 error(-30977) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, > run database recovery > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30977) > [jimc@harpo ~]$ > > using --initdb didnt work either. > > Oddly, basic rpm querying works.. > > [jimc@harpo ~]$ rpm -q yum > yum-3.0.1-2.fc6 > > > Any suggestions ? ---- sudo rm -fr /var/lib/rpm/__* sudo rpm --rebuild Craig