[mythtv-users] Re: vmlinuz and rpm db4 problems (FC1, ATrpms)

[Randy Winchester]

Mike Jasper <e394td at comcast.net> wrote:

Hi Mike,

I feel for you!  I just want you to know that you're not the only one 
with this problem recently.  I did an apt-get dist-upgrade on Friday 
that completely blew away the FC1 installation on my laptop.  It 
destroyed the rpm databases, removed synaptic, and demolished X11.  I 
had all of the exact error messages that you did.  I messed with it for 
a long time, checked for info on line and in chat rooms, and finally 
gave it up and installed FC3.  I probably could have spent days or weeks 
figuring this one out.  Sometimes it helps to know when to give up.

> Hi,
> 
> I am running FC1 with ATrpms packages.  I have two problems, but the 
> second is the most serious at the moment, since I can't do anything 
> related to rpm or apt-get.  Thank you for any help!
> 
> --Mike
> 
> 
> 1) I was fooling around with ALSA tonight and uninstalled the 
> kernel-module-alsa package.  I tried reinstalling it (also the alsa-kmdl 
> package), but got an error like this:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>    kernel-module-alsa-2.4.22-1.2199.nptl: Depends: 
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2199.nptl but it is not installable
> 
> I have /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2199.nptl_52.rhfc1.at.  I tried making a 
> symlink to it named vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2199.nptl, but that didn't help. 
> What gives?  Even if I fix problem #2 below, I still have no ALSA.
> 
> 
> 2) I did an apt-get dist-upgrade tonight and now my rpm database seems 
> to be hosed.  Tried finding a solution on Google but didn't come up with 
> much.  Here's what I get why I try to do anything related to rpm:
> 
> # rpm -qa | grep kmdl
> rpmdb: Berkeley DB library configured to support only DB_PRIVATE 
> environments
> error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->open: Invalid argument
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

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