Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261960AbTENMjM (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 08:39:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262016AbTENMjM (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 08:39:12 -0400 Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.22]:28361 "EHLO hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261960AbTENMjL (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 08:39:11 -0400 Subject: Re: odd db4 error with 2.5.69-mm4 [was Re: Huraaa for 2.5] From: Tom Sightler To: Shawn Cc: William Lee Irwin III , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Andrew Morton In-Reply-To: <1052877161.3569.17.camel@www.enodev.com> References: <1052866461.23191.4.camel@www.enodev.com> <20030514012731.GF8978@holomorphy.com> <1052877161.3569.17.camel@www.enodev.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1052916589.1912.8.camel@iso-8590-lnx.zeusinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 14 May 2003 08:49:49 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-2.8, required 10, AWL, IN_REP_TO, REFERENCES, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1114 Lines: 32 > As root, I basically can't use rpm at all. I think it's select() related > as strace shows it timing out. The odd thing is that it works great as a > non-privileged user. > > 2.5.69-mm4, otherwise mostly stock rh90 setup. > > [root@www root]# rpm -qi iptables > rpmdb: unable to join the environment > error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily > unavailable (11) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > package iptables is not installed > [root@www root]# This is a long known problem, you can work around it with LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 or get the 4.2-1 rpms from ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/test-4.2/. Basically follow the steps in Redhat Bugzilla https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89662 and you should be all set. Later, Tom - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/