Re: RPM's -- Now you see them, ...

[Samuel Flory <sflory rackable com>]

Try a "rpm --rebuilddb"

On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 12:41, Patrick Beart wrote:
> Folks:
> 
> 	OK, ... I'm going a bit crazy, here.   8P
> 
> 	I'm using RH 7.2. I installed Webmin last night, from the 
> RPM. Using the ...
> 
> 		rpm -Uhv <file>.rpm
> 
> 	... command (as root). Everything went well, and Webmin is 
> installed. NOW, when I try to install Courier (mail server software) 
> that way, I'm getting database errors. Similar errors occur when I 
> try the above command as "user", btw. Here's a sample ...
> 
> -------
> Preparing...                rpmdb: read: 0x4007c394, 4096: Input/output error
> rpmdb: unable to create/retrieve page 3810
> rpmdb: PANIC: Input/output error
> error: db3 error(5) from dbcursor->c_get: Input/output error
> error: db3 error(-30987) from dbcursor->c_close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: 
> Fatal error, run database recovery
> error: db3 error(-30987) from db3c_open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, 
> run database recovery
> error: db3 error(-30987) from db->get: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, 
> run database recovery
> ########################################### [100%]
> 		...snipped...
> error: db3 error(-30987) from dbenv->close: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal 
> error, run database recovery
> error: db3 error(-30987) from db_env_create: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal 
> error, run database recovery
> error: db3 error(-30987) from dbenv->remove: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal 
> error, run database recovery
> rpmdb: read: 0x40732b74, 4096: Input/output error
> rpmdb: Overflow page 3810 has bogus prev_pgno value
> rpmdb: Overflow item incomplete on page 3810
> error: db3 error(-30985) from db->verify: DB_VERIFY_BAD: Database 
> verification failed
> [root Faraday i386]#
> -------
> 
> 	I also tried to install "Nano" (a Pico-like editor, that 
> works better than Pico), and I'm getting the SAME database errors! 
> Weird.  ;-/
> 
> 	What is missing, here?   TIA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Patrick Beart
> 
> P.S. Please respond to the list, as my E-mail (at the above listed 
> address) is broken.
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