Skunk Worx <skunkworx@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Seems like some F7 machines that sit for awhile do this. > > # yum clean all > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries > rpmdb: Unknown locker ID: 912 > error: db4 error(22) from db->close: Invalid argument > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Cannot allocate memory (12) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm Turn selinux off (not just permissive but disabled), reboot and the problem will go away. I found that yum/rpm would lock up within a day if I had selinux set to permissive. With it is disabled completely the problem appears gone, even after many days uptime. -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ IPv6 on Fedora 7 http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/fedora/ipv6-tunnel.html