Re: Problem with RH8 up2date

[grenoml <grenoml yahoo com>]

Michael,
  Reboot went fine.  GRUB shows the original kernel and two new kernels
(normal and debug).  Everythings seems ok.

Thanks a lot,
Gerry Reno


--- grenoml <grenoml yahoo com> wrote:
> Michael,
>   Thanks for the help.  I followed your suggestions for finding and
> killing the up2date processes and removing the locks in /var/lib/rpm.
> 
> I thought I would first try to run up2date again.  So I went to the
> console and logged out and logged back in as root; brought up a
> terminal window and ran 'up2date' from the command line so that I
> could
> see any errors that emitted.  First rerun I clicked on 'View
> Advisory'
> - bad idea, hung the window again and threw and error to the term
> window:
> Xlib:  extension "RENDER" missing on display ":1.0".
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 954, in
> showAdvisory
>     advisories = rhnErrata.getAdvisoryInfo(rowData[1])
> TypeError: unsubscriptable object
> 
> So killed the window and reran up2date again.  This time skipped the
> 'View Advisory', and I again selected everything. The whole thing ran
> through perfectly.  I did get one error thrown to the term window
> that
> didn't look too serious:
> Cannot stat file: /usr/share/gnome/help/glade-2/C/faq.xml : No such
> file or directory
> Maybe someone forgot a file in this package.
> 
> So now I'm going to try a reboot and see what happens.  So far so
> good.
>  
> 
> Thanks again,
> Gerry Reno
> 
> 
> 
> --- Michael Fratoni <mfratoni tuxfan homeip net> wrote:
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> > On Sunday 29 December 2002 10:04 pm, grenoml wrote:
> > > I installed RH8 recently on a new machine and just ran up2date
> for
> > the
> > > first time and selected everything for update (including kernel
> > items).
> > >  It prompted me for the root password and then took a while but
> all
> > the
> > > packages were downloaded and then repackaged and then it said
> > > 'installing /var/spool/up2date/kernel2.4.18-19.8.0.athlon.rpm'
> and
> > the
> > > little watch came up and that's all she wrote... the install
> window
> > > went completely dead (no window refreshes - nothin').  So I
> looked
> > in
> > > /var/log/messages and found this:
> > > ----------------------
> > > Dec 29 19:22:35 tltdev01-lin01 userhelper: pam_timestamp:
> timestamp
> > > file `/var/run/sudo/greno/unknown:root' is too old, disallowing
> > access
> > > to up2date for UID 500
> > > Dec 29 19:31:14 tltdev01-lin01 userhelper: pam_timestamp:
> timestamp
> > > file `/var/run/sudo/greno/unknown:root' is too old, disallowing
> > access
> > > to up2date for UID 500
> > > Dec 29 21:20:57 tltdev01-lin01 sshd(pam_unix)[30904]: session
> > opened
> > > for user greno by (uid=500)
> > > ----------------------
> > >
> > > So I need a little help here.
> > >
> > > What state is my system in.  I have not rebooted because I'm
> afraid
> > it
> > > might not come back up since it was dealing with a kernel update.
> > 
> > There are some known issues with rpm hanging, leaving the database
> in
> > an 
> > unusable state, see below.
> > 
> > > What should I do to correct the 'too old' problem in the message
> > log.
> > 
> > This is normal. If the timestamp is too old, you are prompted for
> the
> > root 
> > password. If it is recent enough, (less than 5 min) access is
> allowed
> > 
> > without the password.
> > 
> > > Can I just kill the install window and rerun up2date again?
> > 
> > You can, but you'll need to fix your rpm database after you do.
> > Kill the up2date process. 
> > ps ax | grep up2date 
> > ps ax | grep rpm
> > (Kill any instances of either)
> > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db*
> > (that's 2 underscores __db*)
> > rpm --rebuilddb
> > # rpm --rebuilddb will take several minutes to finish.
> > 
> > Try running up2date again. It won't download the packages again, it
> > will 
> > use the one's in /var/spool/up2date/.
> > 
> > At this point, you don't need up2date to finish, you can do it from
> > the 
> > command line. 
> > cd /var/spool/up2date/
> > # Install the kernel package.
> > rpm -ivh kernel-2.4*.rpm
> > # get the kernel package out of the way..
> > mkdir kernel
> > mv kernel-2.4*.rpm kernel/
> > # or delete it, just get it out of the way.
> > # Freshen the other packages.
> > rpm -Fvh *.rpm
> > 
> > Hope that helps,
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