Hello Ljubomir, On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:06:44 +0100 Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at 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, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120208/f0c1b594/attachment-0005.sig>