[LON-CAPA-admin] Kernel upgrade: segmentation fault

[Lars Jensen]

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the answer. If I upgrade, wouldn't it make more sense to
upgrade to the latest RedHat version? 

And what is involved in the upgrade - is it relatively smooth?

Lars.

On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Scott Harrison wrote:

> Hi Lars,
> 
> RPM database problems with 6.2 are commonly experienced (at least
> by me), especially with RPM updates.
> 
> Solution #1.
> Follow instructions at
> http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=6242308&list=87
> 
> Solution #2.
> Upgrade to RedHat 7.3.
> 
> Solution #2 is my recommendation, especially since LON-CAPA is phasing out
> support for RH6.2.
> 
> Regards,
> Scott
> 
> On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 11:48:33PM -0800, Lars Jensen wrote:
> > When I try to upgrade the kernel on schubert to v. 2.2.22-6.2.3, I get a
> > segmentation fault:
> > 
> >  rpm --test  -ihv kernel-smp-2.2.22-6.2.3.i686.rpm
> >  kernel-headers-2.2.22-6.2.3.i386.rpm kernel-utils-2.2.22-6.2.3.i386.rpm
> > 
> >  error: cannot open Depends index using db1 - Invalid argument (22)
> >  Segmentation fault
> > 
> > After running this test I did not go ahead and attempt to install this
> > kernel. Any ideas what the problem might be here.
> > 
> > Currently, I'm running 2.2.22-6.2.2 smp kernel
> > 
> > 
> > Any help appreciated.
> > 
> > Lars.
> > 
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