Wade Hampton wrote: > On my FC6 x86_64 laptop, yum crashed twice and I had to remove the > __db* files and rebuild the RPM DB to get it to work. This is a 4-5 > year old problem with RPM (first seen with RH7 or RH8 and the newer > Berkley DB). How long ago was that, and which kernel? It seems to have been due to an unfortunate interaction between the Berkeley DB and a kernel bug, which was fixed in 2.6.19. James. -- E-mail: james@ | "My aunt's camel has fallen in the mirage." aprilcottage.co.uk | -- "Soul Music", Terry Pratchett.