Re: No rpm, no sound, no zip, and no kdm image.

From: Tony Nelson (tonynelson_at_georgeanelson.com)
Date: 06/18/05

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    At 8:48 AM -0400 6/18/05, Zoran Spasojevic wrote:
     ...
    >>On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 12:00:26AM -0400, Zoran Spasojevic wrote:
    >>
    >>>[root@zoran download]# rpm -ivh RealPlayer10GOLD.rpm
    >>>rpmdb: unable to initialize mutex: Function not implemented
    >>>rpmdb: /var/lib/rpm/__db.001: unable to initialize environment lock:
    >>>Function not implemented
    >>>error: db4 error(38) from dbenv->open: Function not implemented
    >>>error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Function not implemented (38)
    >>>error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
     ...
    >I can nor run rpm as root. Whatever command I try to execute it prints the
    >same statement. Rpm seems to work when I start the system in run level 1.
    >In run level 1 I executed this command and it finished without an error
    >but as root, it still gave the same error. This corruption of the database
    >seem to occur even if I change desktops: switching between kde and gnome.
    >There is some fundamental issue with FC4 that is causing this to occur.
    >Thanks for your suggestion

    Maybe this is a problem with SELinux. (Or maybe not. What do I know?) If
    this helps:

    setenforce 0

    then try this:

    touch /.autorelabel
    reboot (with SELinux enabled)

    This advice was gleaned from other posts on this list.
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