On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, achoens(a)frontiernet.net wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I've got a complicated problem. I keep yum pointed at development. I
updated my system via yum and then things went crazy. The system
started off as a FC3 T2(2.91) system running on a Toshiba laptop.
Now when I boot, X won't work and rhgb goes crazy. I can get to a
useful command prompt by editing my kernel arguments, although rhgb
tries to start if it's listed in the kernel argument or not. I can
boot to single and then init 3 to get the network up and running.
Booting straight to 3 doesn't work. It makes the machine go crazy and
won't let you log in.
I tried to roll-back my X installation using yum's cache, but when I try
to use rpm, I am told that my ELF headers are invalid in
/usr/lib/libpopt.so.0
So, what can I do to get this computer running again? I'm downloading
2.92 installation CD's now. I don't know if this will help or not, but
it's the only thing I can think of. I seem to have basic bash
capability, but most things beyond that gives me the error above about
my ELF headers.
Ideas, comments, and suggestions are encouraged.
How about 'rpm -V popt'
or 'rpm -Va'
to find perhaps corrupted rpms - and try reinstalling them again?
Satish