Fedora :: Error: Cannot Open Packages Index Using Db3 - (-30974)
Nov 29, 2009
i use fedora 12 i can't use yum any more , when i try i find error message it was working correctly and i donn't remember what i did
[root@PC ~]# yum list installed| grep -i nmap
rpmdb: Thread/process 2405/3078244032 failed: Thread died in Berkeley DB library
error: db4 error(-30974) from dbenv->failchk: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery
i am trying to update my system from a new clean install that i made i am running the update from yast and i am getting the listed message:
Code: Subprocess failed. Error: RPM failed: rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/Basenames: unexpected file type or format error: cannot open Basenames index using db3 - Invalid argument (22)
I am trying to install flash-plugin-10.0.45.2-release.i386.rpm so I inputed the folowing command and got the following error output:
Code: bash-3.1$ rpm -i *.rpm error: cannot open Basenames index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) error: cannot open Providename index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) error: cannot open Conflictname index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) error: Failed dependencies:
I did the UPGRADE from Karmic Koala to Lucid, and everything was going well. But now I've been having problems with the UBUNTU UPDATE tool for the last 2 weeks. Every time I try to do an update check on the packages, I get the following message:Failed to fetch http:[url]....Release Unable to find expected entry deb-src/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.I've tried changing the servers to MAIN and others, and still no way to solve it. I've also checked for other posts, but haven't found a solution yet. Here's my SOURCES LIST (gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list)# See http:[url].... for how to upgrade to # newer versions of the distribution.
I'm trying to upgrade from 8.04 to 9.10 via 8.10 etc. When I run update manager, I get this:
W:Failed to fetch [URL] Unable to find expected entry universal/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?), E:Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
and then it closes. I've unselected all the third party packages and tried various servers, but no difference. I can wget the file, but when I look at it I see entries for "universe/binary-i386/Release", but nothing for "universal" .
I have installed XAMPP on my system and started it just fine, but for some reason when I type "http://localhost/myDirectory/index.php" into the address bar of a browser, I get a 404 error. I followed the instructions hereand after creating test.php, I was still not able to view it. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
I was going to install a certain application, and apt-get said I had unsatisfied dependencies. So I typed
Code: sudo apt-get install -f
But the overall size of the packages it was going to install was quite substantial, so I renounced this idea and chose "No". Now I've got problems installing software - I keep getting "Software index is broken" message. I found this thread which suggests I use 'apt-get install -f'. But as I've said, the problem is that I no longer need those tons of packages that would be installed in this case. Is there a way to erase the list of packages marked for installation or maybe there's some other way to fix that?
Whenever I do sudo apt-get or use the Ubuntu Software Center, I can't download anything because a message comes up saying "Action requires installation of untrusted packages: The action would require the installation of packages from not authenticated sources." I've been trying to download GIMP and Thunderbird, so... I dunno what the problem is.
I get the following message when I try to add or remove programs. This includes when I try to use the Update Manager: Software index is broken. It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first. When I follow this advice, I get the following message:
tom@Compaq:~$ sudo apt-get install -f E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
If anyone can offer suggestions about this problem, Although I've been using Ubuntu for a while, I'm not very confident with the command line (unless I am copy and pasting commands!)
I am getting the following errors continuously whenever I update/save a config file in /etc/
Code:
error: line 29136: bad flag vector alias error: line 29137: bad flag alias index: 0
The config file got updated though. I am just worried that this may be something bad.I update the files using the command sudo gedit <config_file>. I haven't encountered this before in Karmic. Has anyone encountered the same error messages? This might be a problem with gedit. I tried doing the following and the error messages also came up:
1. In terminal, gedit foo.txt
2. In gedit, type anything and save
3. Terminal will show the following:
Code:
... ... error: line 19234: bad flag vector alias
[code]....
Running artha from the terminal also causes the error.I've managed to get the top-most line of the error:
error: line 15: bad flag alias index: 0 error: line 15: bad flag vector alias
The hardest thing about this is I have no idea what's causing it. I thought it was gedit but running artha (from the terminal) also causes the error.Sigh. This is a clean install of Lucid, which again makes it even harder to know what causes it.
Failed to fetch [URL] 404 Not Found Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I have been getting this for a while now complete with a red triangle with an ! in it on the panel.
Having a bit of an issue with Python while trying to write a script to download every rar file on a webpage. The script successfully downloads any link that doesn't contain any spaces, etc. But when it hits a url like: [URL] (Classical Spelling).rar. It fails...I'm sure this is something simple, but I'm so new to python I'm not sure what to do!
Code: import urllib2 import os os.system("curl [URL] -i rar|cut -d '"' -f 2 > temp.out ") infile =open('temp.out', 'r') for url in infile: print url #url = "[URL]"
Ive just installed Fedora 12 on my laptop (HP Pavilion DV4 1213la- i also have Windows 7) and wifi wasnt working at all (Broadcom BCM4312)So i thought, lets google it!, i pluged it to my router and i had internet working just fine.
After goggling for an hour i found a website where some guy had a problem similar to mine (couldnt connect to internet by WIFI with the same Network Controller BUT on Fedora 11)[URL] and as a response they told him to install the packages using " yum install broadcom-wl wl-kmod "So i did that, it downloaded some stuff (i didnt see what it was :S), but then said something like "No packages available broadcom-wl" and "No packages available wl-kmod"I tought it had done something so i did as the website told me, reboot my computer.
When it turned back on, not only wifi wasnt working but now i cant even connect by cable, i plug it in and nothing happens (not even the little lights from the port)So my question is, is there any way to restore whatever that command did?
I keep getting this error when trying to update but I know it is a bug and has been filed as a bug report. Code: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release amd64 (20100429)/dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 10.04 LTS _Lucid Lynx_ - Release amd64 (20100429)/dists/lucid/restricted/binary-amd64/Packages.gz Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
I got a problem while updating KDE from 4.1.2 to 4.2. In our college we can't download more than 20MB officially. So I'm unable to get kdegames which is 32MB from Konsole so I downlaoded it using proxy and I copied it into the /var/cache/yum/updates/packages/ folder and now using this command (yum groupinstall 'KDE (K Desktop Environment)').
I tried to update to KDE 4.2 using Konsole but it is showing: Error Downloading Packages: 6:kdegames-4.2.0-1.fc10.i386: failure: kdegames-4.2.0-1.fc10.i386.rpm from updates: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
And even by double-clicking the KDEgames rpm file I'm unable to install it is saying GPG (I'm not sure GPG or not, start with G i think) Key missing so it is taking too much time and not doing anything.
After a hiatus, I'm fussing with Fedora again. I'm using the 64 bit version of R13. A screen popped up saying I needed to apply fixes to the installion. The maintenance process fails, when tried several times.
FWIW, I get an analogous error associated with packages trying to install Flash into FireFox.
Is it possible that the package archive has been corrupted?
what this means? installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ... Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: parse error, in file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 11756 package 'vinagre': `Depends' field, reference to `libgconf2-4': version contains ` ' I get it while trying to update my computer.
i have just installed a redhat linux entprise 5 on my machine. I am trying to install a software and when i run the #install.ksf , my installation gets aborted and my install.log file shows this,
Error: Can't open display ! Environment variable 'DISPLAY' must be defined.
I'm running Windows 7 Pro 32-bit to access through ssh a RedHat Linux machine using the Cisco VPN client and Putty. I am trying to run x applications from the command window, but I get an error message that says "Cannot open 6x12 font." I am also using Xming to be able to connect to the x server. The x applications seem to run, but they will not give any figures or charts that the Linux machine alone will give me.
Coming from Debian Sid and KDE, I am used to K3b and the problems during verify. Now with Fedora 11 and Brasero I'm also getting errors:
BraseroReadom stderr: Error trying to open /dev/sr0 exclusively (Device or resource busy)... giving up. BraseroReadom stderr: WARNING: /dev/sr0 seems to be mounted! BraseroReadom stderr: readom: Device or resource busy. Cannot open '/dev/sr0'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
[code].....
After going back and adding my user to cdrom and other groups, changing authorizations et.al., I am still getting errors that I don't have permissions to use the drive. I've read through forums and bug reports and find out that my problem isn't unique. Like with K3B, does the failure during verify usually leave me with a good burn anyway? Does anyone know of a gui burner that doesn't have the verify problem? Or, should I go back to burning on cli with wodim?
When logged in as my standard user in Fedora 11 gnome desktop the installed ntfs-config tool will not open and gives an error which says this; "no authentication program found", and to run that ntfs-config as the root in a terminal. So then the only way to open that tool is to type that in a terminal, and it did open, but how can I fix this ? Can this issue be related to ownership and permissions of it ? Also the num lock does not come on during boot up, is there a easy fix for that too ? This is a recent fresh updated install from the DVD with the ext4 file system. All the ntfs-3g applications are installed as default, so I just added that enable ntfs write support tool with the package manager.
I have some typical issue while trying to connect to my root or other users from my terminal.
like su - asking for password and after that it displyed a message like $su -
Password: could not open session
I tried connect using ssh then I am getting the following $ssh root@localhost Last login: Sun Nov 1 14:13:45 2009 from localhost Connection to localhost closed.
Background: Before this happended, I was tryied modify sshd_config in /etc/ssh/ folder to allow passwords less than 2 words.