Synaptic Hangs

[Newbe1]

Hello!

My power was gone suddenly while running (updating) Synaptic Package Manager.

Now Synaptic will not start completely, It hangs.


Please help.

Thanks.

[hal8000]

Can you open a terminal or konsole and type:

synaptic

Post the error message you see.

[JohnW_57]

Try this:

From a root terminal, try;

[root@localhost ~]# rpm --rebuilddb       <Enter>

or:

[root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.*

which removes the old data base, then;

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -vv --rebuilddb

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,74604.msg614116.html#msg614116

JohnW

[kjpetrie]

First boot from the livecd, open a terminal, su to root and run umount on each of your pclos partitions to ensure they are not mounted. Then run fsck -f on them to repair any file system damage.

Then reboot into your normal system and as root delete any files (but not folders) in /var/lock/ with names relating to rpm, apt or synaptic.

If it still won't work try renaming the file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock.

[marcopl]

oh helll...looks like u are gonna have a bad day...this synaptic thinngy is pretty sensitive...

Hello!

My power was gone suddenly while running (updating) Synaptic Package Manager.

Now Synaptic will not start completely, It hangs.


Please help.

Thanks.

[Newbe1]

Hello!

Here is what terminal says when I type Synaptic:

[lnx82p@localhost ~]$ synaptic

(synaptic:3239): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Preferences'

(synaptic:3239): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

Can you open a terminal or konsole and type:

synaptic

Post the error message you see.

[Newbe1]

I tried this from my Root Login.

The Root Terminal does not respond with any message.

Also tried the [root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* 

The only response is: [root@localhost ~]#

What now?

Thanks.

Try this:

From a root terminal, try;

[root@localhost ~]# rpm --rebuilddb       <Enter>

or:

[root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.*

which removes the old data base, then;

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -vv --rebuilddb

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,74604.msg614116.html#msg614116

JohnW

[genomega]

synaptic:3239): libglade-WARNING **: could not look up stock id 'Preferences'

(synaptic:3239): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_widget_hide: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed

You can ignore this message.

There is a repair synaptic utility but I can't recall the command at the moment.
 

[Old-Polack]

I tried this from my Root Login.

The Root Terminal does not respond with any message.

Also tried the [root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* 

The only response is: [root@localhost ~]#

What now?

Thanks.

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -vv --rebuilddb          <Enter>

[Newbe1]

Hi!

I did the:

[root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* <Enter>

then

[root@localhost ~]#rpm -vv --rebuilddb <Enter>

The response is :

[root@localhost ~]#

Synaptic still Hangs..



Any other ways?

Thanks.

I tried this from my Root Login.

The Root Terminal does not respond with any message.

Also tried the [root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* 

The only response is: [root@localhost ~]#

What now?

Thanks.

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -vv --rebuilddb          <Enter>

[Old-Polack]

Hi!

I did the:

[root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* <Enter>

then

[root@localhost ~]#rpm -vv --rebuilddb <Enter>

The response is :

[root@localhost ~]#

Synaptic still Hangs..



Any other ways?

Thanks.

Just to clarify, when a command is executed without errors, there will be no response, unless the command, by it's nature, asks for one. (fdisk -l for instance) Only errors will give a response otherwise.

Assuming that the two commands have executed correctly, from their lack of error messages, we have to assume there is more involved than a database corruption. As root, try to reinstall Synaptic with the commands;

[root@localhost ~]# apt-get check         <Enter>

[root@localhost ~]# apt-get install --reinstall synaptic          <Enter>

If you get error messages from either of these commands, post the exact error messages. They usually have meaning that gives a clue as to what the next action should be.

[kjpetrie]

You need to find and delete the lock files for synaptic/apt-get/rpm.

[genomega]

Removing stale locks

If an RPM command hangs, segfaults, or otherwise behaves abnormally during use then the first task is to check for stale lock files. This can be accomplished with -CA option to the rpmdb_stat command:

# cd /var/lib/rpm
# /usr/lib/rpm/rpmdb_stat -CA

[Newbe1]

Hello!

Nither one command produces any response.

I don´t even see [root@localhost ~]#

When I got no response from  [root@localhost ~]#apt-get check        <Enter>

I restarted Root Terminal and put in the second command

[root@localhost ~]#apt-get install --reinstall synaptic          <Enter>

No response...

Synaptic still hangs...

Hi!

I did the:

[root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* <Enter>

then

[root@localhost ~]#rpm -vv --rebuilddb <Enter>

The response is :

[root@localhost ~]#

Synaptic still Hangs..



Any other ways?

Thanks.

Just to clarify, when a command is executed without errors, there will be no response, unless the command, by it's nature, asks for one. (fdisk -l for instance) Only errors will give a response otherwise.

Assuming that the two commands have executed correctly, from their lack of error messages, we have to assume there is more involved than a database corruption. As root, try to reinstall Synaptic with the commands;

[root@localhost ~]# apt-get check         <Enter>

[root@localhost ~]# apt-get install --reinstall synaptic          <Enter>

If you get error messages from either of these commands, post the exact error messages. They usually have meaning that gives a clue as to what the next action should be.

[marcopl]

Newbe1, i hope u are executing the commands properly. for example with apt-get check , u should see;

[root@localhost techie]# apt-get check
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
[root@localhost techie]#

Hello!

Nither one command produces any response.

I don´t even see [root@localhost ~]#

When I got no response from  [root@localhost ~]#apt-get check        <Enter>

I restarted Root Terminal and put in the second command

[root@localhost ~]#apt-get install --reinstall synaptic          <Enter>

No response...

Synaptic still hangs...

Hi!

I did the:

[root@localhost ~]# rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db.* <Enter>

then

[root@localhost ~]#rpm -vv --rebuilddb <Enter>

The response is :

[root@localhost ~]#

Synaptic still Hangs..



Any other ways?

Thanks.

Just to clarify, when a command is executed without errors, there will be no response, unless the command, by it's nature, asks for one. (fdisk -l for instance) Only errors will give a response otherwise.

Assuming that the two commands have executed correctly, from their lack of error messages, we have to assume there is more involved than a database corruption. As root, try to reinstall Synaptic with the commands;

[root@localhost ~]# apt-get check         <Enter>

[root@localhost ~]# apt-get install --reinstall synaptic          <Enter>

If you get error messages from either of these commands, post the exact error messages. They usually have meaning that gives a clue as to what the next action should be.