[Planetlab-users] yum fail on some planetlab nodes

[Hecker W]

Here is another error node even cannot be fixed through rebuilddb.

hostname: pepper.planetlab.cs.umd.edu

[northwestern_list1 at pepper ~]$ sudo rpm --rebuilddb
rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries
rpmdb: Unknown locker ID: bac
error: db4 error(22) from db->close: Invalid argument
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Cannot allocate memory (12)
[northwestern_list1 at pepper ~]$ sudo yum -yt install nc
rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries
rpmdb: Unknown locker ID: bad
error: db4 error(22) from db->close: Invalid argument
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Cannot allocate memory (12)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 85, in main
    base.getOptionsConfig(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 154, in getOptionsConfig
    disabled_plugins=opts.disableplugins)
  File "/vservers/.vref/planetlab-f8-i386/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py",
line 159, in _getConfig
  File "/vservers/.vref/planetlab-f8-i386/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py",
line 613, in readMainConfig
  File "/vservers/.vref/planetlab-f8-i386/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py",
line 680, in _getsysver
TypeError: rpmdb open failed
[northwestern_list1 at pepper ~]$ hostname
pepper.planetlab.cs.umd.edu


On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Hecker W <heckerme at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for mentioning rpm --rebuilddb. It can solve the core dump
> problem as well (at least to the node I showed below)
>
> Here is a node which will core dump on yum before: planetlab2.cse.nd.edu
>
> -Zhichun
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Andy Bavier <acb at cs.princeton.edu> wrote:
>> I believe that you can fix this specific problem by running "sudo rpm
>> --rebuilddb" in your slice.
>>
>> Can you point me toward a node where yum dumps core?  I'll try to
>> reproduce this.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andy
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Hecker W <heckerme at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Some planetlab nodes have problems to run yum either core dump or have
>>> the following error.
>>>
>>> For example for planetlab-1.cs.princeton.edu.
>>>
>>> [northwestern_list1 at planetlab-1 ~]$ cat /etc/yum.conf
>>> [main]
>>> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
>>> keepcache=0
>>> debuglevel=2
>>> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
>>> exactarch=1
>>> obsoletes=1
>>> gpgcheck=1
>>> plugins=1
>>> metadata_expire=1800
>>> installonly_limit=2
>>>
>>> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
>>> # in /etc/yum.repos.d
>>>
>>> [northwestern_list1 at planetlab-1 ~]$ which nc
>>> /usr/bin/which: no nc in
>>> (/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/northwestern_list1/bin)
>>> [northwestern_list1 at planetlab-1 ~]$ sudo yum -yt install nc
>>> fedora                    100% |=========================| 2.1 kB    00:00
>>> updates                   100% |=========================| 2.3 kB    00:00
>>> Setting up Install Process
>>> Parsing package install arguments
>>> Resolving Dependencies
>>> --> Running transaction check
>>> ---> Package nc.i386 0:1.84-13.fc8 set to be updated
>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>
>>> Dependencies Resolved
>>>
>>> =============================================================================
>>>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
>>> =============================================================================
>>> Installing:
>>>  nc                      i386       1.84-13.fc8      fedora             57 k
>>>
>>> Transaction Summary
>>> =============================================================================
>>> Install      1 Package(s)
>>> Update       0 Package(s)
>>> Remove       0 Package(s)
>>>
>>> Total download size: 57 k
>>> Downloading Packages:
>>> Running rpm_check_debug
>>> rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries
>>> rpmdb: Unknown locker ID: 9fb
>>> error: db4 error(22) from dbenv->close: Invalid argument
>>> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Cannot allocate memory (12)
>>> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in <module>
>>>    yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
>>>  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 183, in main
>>>    base.doTransaction()
>>>  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 338, in doTransaction
>>>    msgs = self._run_rpm_check_debug()
>>>  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 1108, in _run_rpm_check_debug
>>>    self.populateTs(test=1)
>>>  File "/vservers/.vref/planetlab-f8-i386/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py",
>>> line 222, in populateTs
>>> _rpm.error: adding package to transaction failed
>>>
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