Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271302AbTHHHK2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 03:10:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S271307AbTHHHK2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 03:10:28 -0400 Received: from 165.Red-217-126-36.pooles.rima-tde.net ([217.126.36.165]:10472 "EHLO pau.newtral.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271302AbTHHHK0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 03:10:26 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 09:10:19 +0200 (CEST) From: Pau Aliagas X-X-Sender: pau@pau.intranet.ct To: lkml Cc: Peter Svensson Subject: Re: NPTL v userland v LT (RH9+custom kernel problem) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 806 Lines: 22 On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Peter Svensson wrote: > I have had rpm lock up on me a few times. I think it was waiting on a > sempahore or some other synchronization event. After killing the process > (after several hours) no rpm transactions could be completed, they all > hanged at the same point. The only way to get rpm to work again was to > reboot the system. > > Not sure if it is related or not though. I never thought to try it as > non-root. There are some temporary files locking the normal operation. $ rm /usr/lib/rpm/__*db* will do the trick. Pau - 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/