Hi folks, Did anyone of you see something like this before: > ]# yum update > Loaded plugins: kernel-module > rpmdb: unable to join the environment > error: db4 error(11) from dbenv->open: Resource temporarily unavailable > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Resource temporarily unavailable (11) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? > yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main > errcode = main(args) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 157, in main > base.getOptionsConfig(args) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 187, in getOptionsConfig > self.conf > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 665, in <lambda> > conf = property(fget=lambda self: self._getConfig(), > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 240, in _getConfig > self._conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 804, in readMainConfig > yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot, startupconf.distroverpkg) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 877, in _getsysver > idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg) > TypeError: rpmdb open failed I already found out, that it seems that the pm-database is broken by $reason. Unfortunately I cannot say, what the reasons are nor when it did happen. However, also access rpm directly is ending up in an error like this (besides the Python backtrace). cheers, Frank