Hello Ljubomir,
On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:06:44 +0100 Ljubomir Ljubojevic office@plnet.rs wrote:
On 02/08/2012 11:32 AM, wwp wrote:
Hello there,
I think I've shutdown my box right in the middle of a yum update.. The latest kernel installed won't simple boot, and the old one can, but only in init 3 mode (tty).
From a console, I wanted to complete the yum update and it suggested me to do a `yum-complete-transaction`.
yum-complete-transaction tells me that 447 elements are left to run in 1 transaction, runs and show lots of "Removing<packagename> - ud from the transaction" then processes lots of stuff, and ends with listing lots of duplicate packages (mostly Xorg stuff) and.. and that's all. Same stuff if I start that command again.
A `yum cleanup` doesn't change it.
Any hint how I could get of that deadly loop?
"yum history list" will give you of last yum transaction (highest number). Use that number in:
"yum history undo <number>", "yum history redo <number>" or "yum history rollback <number>"
Read "man yum" for differences between commands if necessary.
Hm. Since I use CentOS (was using Fedora before) I discover some yum advanced features, thanks for teaching me, Ljubomir :-).
None of the undo or rollback commands work, mostly because of hundreds of "Failed to downgrade <packagename>" lines (those packagenames are not part of the stalled transaction, BTW).
It seems that the problem is not simply a broken transaction today, `yum check` reports 399 pre-existing rpmdb problems, typically conflicts between duplicate old and new versions of tons of other packages, and I don't have a clue of when/how this has all been broken.
And don't know how to fix.. reinstalling the system seems a bit rough?
Regards,