problems with RHN.. help

snatale1 · 09-01-2003, 08:56 PM

Although my panel icon says I connect with RHN and it says 0 updates available, if I log on to RHN via webpage it says differently It says I haven't checked in since last month. RHN's "My system isn't checking in" stuff and also tried to rebuild my RPM database but got this error

error: db4 error(16) from dbenv-> remove: Device or resource busy

can anyone help?

DrOzz · 09-01-2003, 09:47 PM

that is a bug and is supposed to be fixed soon in the upcoming release of rpm (if not fixed already) a work around is:
LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.19 rpm --rebuilddb

dkaplowitz · 09-02-2003, 05:55 AM

I got an e-mail this morning pointing to the fix.

Go to http://rhn.redhat.com and it's right on the front page. It worked for me.

snatale1 · 09-02-2003, 09:17 AM

Thanks that worked...one more ques, on errata updates I'll select them and it will say scheduled. For what? will it update when it feels the need? I never see and opt to download.

misc · 09-02-2003, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by snatale1
Thanks that worked...one more ques, on errata updates I'll select them and it will say scheduled. For what? will it update when it feels the need? I never see and opt to download.

Look again.

There is an option to download package files manually.

Schedules packages are downloaded and installed when you have the Red Hat Network Service Daemon (rhnsd) running. It polls Red Hat Network periodically.

jhibbets · 09-03-2003, 01:46 AM

Also, "up2date -p" will resync your system rpmdb with what's on RHN. Then you can run "up2date -l" to get a list of available updates.

There was a problem with the SSL cert expiring and you will need to download and install the latest version of up2date and up2date-gnome from the rhn website.

snatale1 · 09-03-2003, 10:15 AM

left my computer on all night and it did get the scheduled crap..
also with the uppdate -p / -l now my comp and RHN are on the same page again.

THANX AGAIN