On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 22:34 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On 18/03/07, Chris Mohler wrote: > > > > Have you "cleaned out" yum? > > > > # yum clean all && yum update same answer... > > Have you tried rebuilding the rpm db? > > > > # rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* > > # rpm -vv --rebuilddb > > > > I've never had a problem rebuilding, but some have suggested making a > > backup of /var/lib/rpm before doing so - if you have the disk space it > > wouldn't hurt ;) > > In either case, prior to "yum update", querying the installed > device-mapper should list the needed items. Run: > > rpm --query --provides device-mapper [root@aria jamoore]# rpm --query --provides device-mapper libdevmapper.so.1.02 libdevmapper.so.1.02(Base) device-mapper = 1.02.13-1.fc5 > This is a prerequisite to finding out why libdevmapper.so.1.02 is not seen. > > Additionally, since remote trouble-shooting is less fast and less > convienient, perhaps you can "yum install yum-utils" and then run > > repoquery --whatprovides libdevmapper.so.1.02 > > at least that should return something. [root@aria jamoore]# repoquery --whatprovides libdevmapper.so.1.02 device-mapper-0:1.02.02-3.2.i386 device-mapper-0:1.02.13-1.fc5.i386 Does this point to a solution? Thanks Again, Jay
