From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 Description of problem: annoying, i submitted this bug to the folks at kernel.org (bug 1069) and they told me its not a kernel problem, yet when i run kernel 2.4.21 it works fine... PS the modem I am using is not a WinModem and has worked since i got linux (about a year now) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. get kernel2.6.0test3 2. reboot, start new kernel 3. redhat > system tools > network configuration tool Actual Results: Component: redhat-config-network Version: 1.2.0 Summary: TB /usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py:119:rpms_notinstalled:TypeError: rpmdb open failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/NewInterfaceDialog.py", line 144, in on_start_page_next File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/ModemInterface.py", line 94, in get_druids File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/ModemInterface.py", line 51, in init_gui File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py", line 144, in request_rpms File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py", line 119, in rpms_notinstalled TypeError: rpmdb open failed U.S. Robotics 56k Performance Pro Modem Additional info: Component: redhat-config-network Version: 1.2.0 Summary: TB /usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py:119:rpms_notinstalled:TypeError: rpmdb open failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/NewInterfaceDialog.py", line 144, in on_start_page_next File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/ModemInterface.py", line 94, in get_druids File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/ModemInterface.py", line 51, in init_gui File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py", line 144, in request_rpms File "/usr/src/build/226257-noarch/install/usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py", line 119, in rpms_notinstalled TypeError: rpmdb open failed U.S. Robotics 56k Performance Pro Modem
seems to be a rpm/kernel/glibc problem... TypeError: rpmdb open failed Does $ rpm -q ppp work?
Does this still happen with the latest 2.6 kernel rpm ?
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