We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.

Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck", and
versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the transition check
after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U" tells me which
dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the dependencies in
the list of programs to upgrade.


"rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.

How do I start debugging this problem?

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On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:


Margaret wrote:

From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST

We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.

Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the transition
check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U" tells
me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.

"rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.

How do I start debugging this problem?


Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?


I discovered that the rpm database may not be working correctly.

"rpm -qa kernel" brings back nothing

rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5

<snip>
That actually makes sense - you don't have the plain kernel on the
system.

If you did rpm -qi kernel-xen, you'd get an answer.

mark


The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem with
rpm and yum still exists.




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did you try running rpm more verbose? (-v or -vv)

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>wrote:

>
> On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
>
> Margaret wrote:
>>
>>> From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
>>>> Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST
>>>>
>>>> We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.
>>>>
>>>> Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
>>>> and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the transition
>>>> check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U" tells
>>>> me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
>>>> dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> "rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.
>>>>
>>>> How do I start debugging this problem?
>>>>
>>>
>> Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?
>>
>>>
>>> I discovered that the rpm database may not be working correctly.
>>>
>>> "rpm -qa kernel" brings back nothing
>>>
>>> rpm -qa | grep kernel
>>> kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.6.el5
>>>
>> <snip>
>> That actually makes sense - you don't have the plain kernel on the system.
>> If you did rpm -qi kernel-xen, you'd get an answer.
>>
>> mark
>>
>
> The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem with rpm
> and yum still exists.
>
>
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> On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
>
>> Margaret wrote:
>>>> From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
>>>> Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST
>>>>
>>>> We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.
>>>>
>>>> Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
>>>> and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the transition
>>>> check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U" tells
>>>> me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
>>>> dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.
>>>>
>>>> "rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.
>>>>
>>>> How do I start debugging this problem?
>>
>> Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?
<snip>
> The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem with
> rpm and yum still exists.

Ok, so is there anything in the yum.log, from when it failed? Have you
tried rpm -Uvh xterm, to see if it said anything? Oh - and try rpm -Uvvh -
I thought I remembered this, and yep, the man page sayeth "Print lots of
ugly debugging information".

Let us know what happens if you try that.

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On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:


Margaret wrote:

From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST

We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.

Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the
transition

check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U" tells
me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.

"rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.

How do I start debugging this problem?


Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?

<snip>
The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem
with

rpm and yum still exists.


Ok, so is there anything in the yum.log, from when it failed? Have you
tried rpm -Uvh xterm, to see if it said anything? Oh - and try rpm -
Uvvh -
I thought I remembered this, and yep, the man page sayeth "Print
lots of

ugly debugging information".

Let us know what happens if you try that.

mark


Thanks, Mark and Gabi,

rpm -Uvvh xterm*rpm

ends with

D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42
D: mounted filesystems:
D: i dev bsize bavail iavail mount point

We are also having problems with df working completely. df also hangs
after reporting most of the volumes that are mounted. We thought the
problems were unrelated. Perhaps a reboot will help.






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I've seen df hang on a malfunctioning nfs mount.

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> From: redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Doll
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 02:30
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: yum and "rpm -U" not working
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:03 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
>
> >>
> >> On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
> >>
> >>> Margaret wrote:
> >>>>> From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
> >>>>> Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
> >>>>> and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the
> >>>>> transition
> >>>>> check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U"
> tells
> >>>>> me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
> >>>>> dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> How do I start debugging this problem?
> >>>
> >>> Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?
> > <snip>
> >> The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem
> >> with
> >> rpm and yum still exists.
> >
> > Ok, so is there anything in the yum.log, from when it failed? Have
> you
> > tried rpm -Uvh xterm, to see if it said anything? Oh - and try rpm -
> > Uvvh -
> > I thought I remembered this, and yep, the man page sayeth "Print
> > lots of
> > ugly debugging information".
> >
> > Let us know what happens if you try that.
> >
> > mark
>
> Thanks, Mark and Gabi,
>
> rpm -Uvvh xterm*rpm
>
> ends with
>
> D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42
> D: mounted filesystems:
> D: i dev bsize bavail iavail mount point
>
> We are also having problems with df working completely. df also hangs
> after reporting most of the volumes that are mounted. We thought the
> problems were unrelated. Perhaps a reboot will help.
>
>
>
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Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:30 PM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: Re: yum and "rpm -U" not working


On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:03 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:

>>
>> On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
>>
>>> Margaret wrote:
>>>>> From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
>>>>> Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST
>>>>>
>>>>> We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.
>>>>>
>>>>> Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
>>>>> and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the
>>>>> transition
>>>>> check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U" tells
>>>>> me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
>>>>> dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.
>>>>>
>>>>> "rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> How do I start debugging this problem?
>>>
>>> Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?
> <snip>
>> The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem
>> with
>> rpm and yum still exists.
>
> Ok, so is there anything in the yum.log, from when it failed? Have you
> tried rpm -Uvh xterm, to see if it said anything? Oh - and try rpm -
> Uvvh -
> I thought I remembered this, and yep, the man page sayeth "Print
> lots of
> ugly debugging information".
>
> Let us know what happens if you try that.
>
> mark

Thanks, Mark and Gabi,

rpm -Uvvh xterm*rpm

ends with

D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42
D: mounted filesystems:
D: i dev bsize bavail iavail mount point

We are also having problems with df working completely. df also hangs
after reporting most of the volumes that are mounted. We thought the
problems were unrelated. Perhaps a reboot will help.


-----------------------------------------------------------
Is /var/ one of the mount points is doesn't return? I would look at disk issues if that's the case. A reboot may cause more damage than it would fix if you have something really screwed up.

Rob Marti

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On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Marti, Robert wrote:


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Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:30 PM
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On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:03 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:



On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:


Margaret wrote:

From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST

We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.

Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the
transition
check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U"
tells

me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.

"rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.

How do I start debugging this problem?


Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?

<snip>

The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem
with
rpm and yum still exists.


Ok, so is there anything in the yum.log, from when it failed? Have
you

tried rpm -Uvh xterm, to see if it said anything? Oh - and try rpm -
Uvvh -
I thought I remembered this, and yep, the man page sayeth "Print
lots of
ugly debugging information".

Let us know what happens if you try that.

mark


Thanks, Mark and Gabi,

rpm -Uvvh xterm*rpm

ends with

D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42
D: mounted filesystems:
D: i dev bsize bavail iavail mount point

We are also having problems with df working completely. df also hangs
after reporting most of the volumes that are mounted. We thought the
problems were unrelated. Perhaps a reboot will help.


-----------------------------------------------------------
Is /var/ one of the mount points is doesn't return? I would look at
disk issues if that's the case. A reboot may cause more damage than
it would fix if you have something really screwed up.


Rob Marti


It is returning /var. When I first tried to update, /var was 100%
full. I moved things around using soft links

to free up space on /var.




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Do a dmesg as root and try to see if you have any filesystem issues
first. Then it's good to see if you have too many things and /var might
be out of space.


GM


Margaret Doll wrote:


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On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:


Margaret wrote:

From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST

We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.

Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the transition
check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U" tells
me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.

"rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.

How do I start debugging this problem?


Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?

<snip>

The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem with
rpm and yum still exists.


Ok, so is there anything in the yum.log, from when it failed? Have you
tried rpm -Uvh xterm, to see if it said anything? Oh - and try rpm
-Uvvh -

I thought I remembered this, and yep, the man page sayeth "Print lots of
ugly debugging information".

Let us know what happens if you try that.

mark


Thanks, Mark and Gabi,

rpm -Uvvh xterm*rpm

ends with

D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42
D: mounted filesystems:
D: i dev bsize bavail iavail mount point

We are also having problems with df working completely. df also hangs
after reporting most of the volumes that are mounted. We thought the
problems were unrelated. Perhaps a reboot will help.






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Thanks, George. I found the system that was not responding to a
mount. The entry is not in /etc/fstab, so I

missed the problem.


On Jan 21, 2010, at 2:12 PM, George Magklaras wrote:

Do a dmesg as root and try to see if you have any filesystem issues
first. Then it's good to see if you have too many things and /var
might be out of space.


GM


Margaret Doll wrote:

On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:03 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:


On Jan 21, 2010, at 11:01 AM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:


Margaret wrote:

From: Margaret Doll <Margaret_Doll@brown.edu>
Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:47 AM EST

We are running 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen on our server.

Recently "yum update", "yum localinstall TIV*.rpm --nogpgcheck",
and versions of "rpm -U xterm" hang. yum hangs up on the
transition
check after all the packages have been downloaded. "rpm -U"
tells

me which dependencies that I need, but hangs if I include the
dependencies in the list of programs to upgrade.

"rpm --rebuildbd" seems to work.

How do I start debugging this problem?


Is there any clue in /var/log/yum.log?

<snip>
The kernel on which the system is running is xen, but the problem
with

rpm and yum still exists.


Ok, so is there anything in the yum.log, from when it failed? Have
you
tried rpm -Uvh xterm, to see if it said anything? Oh - and try rpm
-Uvvh -
I thought I remembered this, and yep, the man page sayeth "Print
lots of

ugly debugging information".

Let us know what happens if you try that.

mark

Thanks, Mark and Gabi,
rpm -Uvvh xterm*rpm
ends with
D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages create mode=0x42
D: mounted filesystems:
D: i dev bsize bavail iavail mount point
We are also having problems with df working completely. df also
hangs after reporting most of the volumes that are mounted. We
thought the problems were unrelated. Perhaps a reboot will help.


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