I've got a bit of a problem with both of this apps - the gui versions btw.

When I click 'add remove programs', it freezes at the 'Processing headers' part - it just stops and brining another window to the foreground makes all the elements of the window turn grey. I have to kill it with xkill.
Also, while doing an up2date, it crashed, same problem as before. I suspect that these 2 problems are interlinked.

Now up2date doesnt even launch and in the 'system tray' next to the clock I can see where the 2 other up2date 'blinkers' are supposed to be (the ones that have crashed and have been xkilled'). That is annoying me too.

Also, when I try and install some RPM software, I double click and nothing happens. I enter my root password and bham. Nothing.

Same problem is also happening (I think) with the terminal version of RPM, It will say 'verfying pacakges #################### 100%' or something similar, then just stop.

Any help would be appreciated here.

Argh! Posted this in the wrong forum. Can a mod move it for me please ? - It should be in 'linux - software'.

Sure, no problem, mail next time though... we don't read 'em all.

Cheers,

Finegan

Thanks, Finegan.

I rebooted and the up2date problem is now gone, but double clicking on an RPM ain't working... any ideas?

RPM (gui) and the odd placed 'notifier' thing is working as root, but not as my account - "martin".

Add/Remove programs also works.

Go to your run command and type:

rhn-applet-gui

Thanks, that works fine. But I can't get RPMs working. Even in terminal - it just freezes after i type the command.. I really need help with this

go to the folder /var/lib/rpm and log in as root and type:
rm -rf __db.* to remove some temporary files and then your rpms should work..

Thanks, works a treat

no problem!@

Aldoman,

I have found that double clicking on the RPMs doesn't really help you if errors should occur. What I do now when installing RPM's is going to the terminal and typing:

rpm -ivh [package name] (to install a new package)
rpm -Uvh [package name] (to upgrade a package)
rpm -e [package name] (to remove a package)

Hope this helps you.

as you see he did try the terminal and as you will see this is a bug in redhat....you have to delete them files to cure this problem..

there's also a nasty rpm bug in RH8.0 where it will freeze and corrupt the Db when you try to rpm -e certain packages. I ended up with all these lithuanian, swahili, etc. language packs that i cant get rid of.

yes this problem occurs in both rh 8 and rh 9