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Old 10-30-2002, 05:49 PM   #1
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Unhappy my RPM 4-slice toaster f**ked up


ok this has never happened to me before. i installed one of the vegastrike RPMs with --nodeps and ever since i did that, RPM doesn't even function anymore. it just freezes. anything i can do to fix this? please include simplified directions if possible
 
Old 10-30-2002, 05:59 PM   #2
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as root try rpm --rebuilddb
 
Old 10-30-2002, 06:04 PM   #3
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as root try rpm --rebuilddb
already tried that and it froze up.
 
Old 10-30-2002, 06:20 PM   #4
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try rpm -qa then the rpm --rebuilddb
 
Old 10-30-2002, 06:27 PM   #5
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it froze up again when i did the rpm -qa

i really don't know what happened. it all started when i installed that damn Vegastrike rpm
 
Old 10-30-2002, 07:55 PM   #6
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ok i got it working again.
 
  


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