Re: RPM error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device orresource busy

[Warren Togami <warren togami com>]

On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 00:21, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> Last night I tried to install the latest totem and xine-libs from
> freshrpms and rpm hung. I did the usual:
> 
> rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*
> rpm --rebuilddb
> 

When rpm appeared to hang, did you check the running processes to be
100% sure that rpm was not running anymore before erasing the locks?

Note that --rebuilddb should almost never be needed.  I myself have
never needed it during rpm-4.2 through the Phoebe betas and Shrike. 
Erasing the locks has been sufficient for fixing RPM problems for me.

> but now this constantly returns this error:
> 
> error: db4 error(16) from dbenv->remove: Device or resource busy
> 
> Does anyone know what this error means and how to fix it?
> 
> Are there updated rpm packages, either on rawhide or on
> people.redhat.com, that I should upgrade to?

That's odd... try this again
1) Erase the locks only, do not rebuilddb
2) Or Reboot

It may not help, but it is worth a try.

Warren Togami
warren togami com