Package managers gone haywire! yum, apt, rpm: pam is totally borked

[Kam Leo]

On 6/17/07, Claude Jones <claude_jones at levitjames.com> wrote:
> On Monday June 18 2007 12:39:10 am Kam Leo wrote:
> > I am not getting any such errors on my systems. Have you tried "smart
> > reinstall pam"?
>
> # smart reinstall pam
> Loading cache...
> Updating cache...
> #######################################################################################
> [100%]
>
> Computing transaction...
>
> Installing packages (1):
>  pam-0.99.7.1-5.fc7 at i386
>
> 1.0MB of package files are needed. 2.5MB will be used.
>
> Confirm changes? (Y/n): y
>
> Fetching packages...
> ->
> http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/i386/os/Fedora/pam-0.99.7.1-5.fc7.i386.rpm
> pam-0.99.7.1-5.fc7.i386.rpm
> #######################################################################################
> [100%]
>
>
> Committing transaction...
> Segmentation fault
>
>
> Hadn't tried it this way, but, as you can see, it's the same result. No one
> else is reporting problems that resemble mine, so I think my situation is
> unique. I've turned off Selinux at boot, just to eliminate that. I did see a
> totally unrelated reference to nvidia drivers causing issues that lead to
> that freetype error I described - maybe I'll uninstall the nvidia driver and
> see if that's the culprit for the freetype issue --
> --
> Claude Jones
> Brunswick, MD

Other options: runlevel 3  or previous/older kernel