Greetings; Persuant to my font problems I thought I'd run yumex and see if I had any oddballs installed, but: Component: yumex Version: 1.2.2 Summary: TB03120a34 yumexmain.py:1045:_runBackground:CompsException Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/yumex/yumexmain.py", line 1108, in ? mainApp = YumexMainApplication() File "/usr/share/yumex/yumexmain.py", line 541, in __init__ self.setup_yum() File "/usr/share/yumex/yumexmain.py", line 992, in setup_yum if self._runBackground( self.yumexbase.load_repo_data, rload ): File "/usr/share/yumex/yumexmain.py", line 1045, in _runBackground raise self.backgroundThread.exception CompsException Local variables in innermost frame: runfunc: <bound method yumexBase.load_repo_data of <yumex.yumexBase.yumexBase object at 0x83e5a8c>> args: (False,) self: <__main__.YumexMainApplication instance at 0x83e51ac> This is the second time, the first time it didn't save the crash when I asked it to. After that run I'd deleted the db__* files from /var/lib/rpm as that seems to be the std cure for what ails rpm/yum/yumex. The onscreen traceback from the first time, which I killed with a ctrl-c after 10 minutes or so: Error in routine: BackgroundRunner Error Type: yum.comps.CompsException Error Value: Traceback: ('/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yumex/yumexUtils.py', 1548, 'run', 'self.rc = self.runfunc( *self.args )') File : /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yumex/yumexUtils.py , line 1548, in run self.rc = self.runfunc( *self.args ) ('/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yumex/yumexBase.py', 315, 'load_repo_data', 'self.doGroupSetup()') File : /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yumex/yumexBase.py , line 315, in load_repo_data self.doGroupSetup() ('/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yumex/yumexBase.py', 341, 'doGroupSetup', 'yum.YumBase.doGroupSetup( self )') File : /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yumex/yumexBase.py , line 341, in doGroupSetup yum.YumBase.doGroupSetup( self ) ('/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py', 408, 'doGroupSetup', 'self.comps.add(groupfile)') File : /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py , line 408, in doGroupSetup self.comps.add(groupfile) ('/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py', 339, 'add', 'group = Group(elem)') File : /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py , line 339, in add group = Group(elem) ('/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py', 57, '__init__', 'self.parse(elem)') File : /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py , line 57, in __init__ self.parse(elem) ('/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py', 133, 'parse', 'self.parse_package_list(child)') File : /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py , line 133, in parse self.parse_package_list(child) ('/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py', 143, 'parse_package_list', 'raise CompsException') File : /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/comps.py , line 143, in parse_package_list raise CompsException Component: yumex Version: 1.2.2 Summary: TB03120a34 yumexmain.py:1045:_runBackground:CompsException Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/yumex/yumexmain.py", line 1108, in ? mainApp = YumexMainApplication() File "/usr/share/yumex/yumexmain.py", line 541, in __init__ self.setup_yum() File "/usr/share/yumex/yumexmain.py", line 992, in setup_yum if self._runBackground( self.yumexbase.load_repo_data, rload ): File "/usr/share/yumex/yumexmain.py", line 1045, in _runBackground raise self.backgroundThread.exception CompsException Local variables in innermost frame: runfunc: <bound method yumexBase.load_repo_data of <yumex.yumexBase.yumexBase object at 0x83e5a8c>> args: (False,) self: <__main__.YumexMainApplication instance at 0x83e51ac> Now I'm doing an rpm --rebuilddb, but I don't expect that to fix this. Is there a fix I can apply here? Please? Frankly, FC6, despite my intentions of keeping it cleaner than my old FC2 install, is proving itself to be many times more fragile than FC2 ever was. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.