[CentOS] Eeek, my centos6 box won't boot after broken update, need help w/ yum

[wwp]

Hello Les,


On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:51:33 -0600 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:32 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:
> 
> > 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?
> >
> >
> Are you actually answering yes and letting it continue or stopping when you
> see the list of things it needs to do?

I tried both :-) (first time: no, second time: yes).

Tried also `rpm --rebuilddb`, no effect. Will try `yum history sync` or
`yum reinstall` or.. really reinstall.


Regards,

-- 
wwp
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