Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 193003
"rpmDb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery" on installation
Last modified: 2015-01-04 17:27:16 EST
Description of problem: "rpmDb: PANIC: fatal region error detected; run recovery" on installation Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install system with 3ware-8506 raid card Actual results: When you install the system at somepoint during the rpm installation it scrolls "rpmDB: PANIC: fatal region error detected, run recovery" with a 3ware 8506 raid card. The system completes the install and reboots but the system does not boot in init 5 or even seem to complete the first boot things like set ntp server and user logins etc. Expected results: reboot from install and see firstboot questions like the EULA, and other configuration options to finalize the install Additional info: I can install fc5 fine with out the 8506 card or use a 3ware-9550 and there is no error on install. it is using the 3w-xxxx module. attached is my dmesg output.
Created attachment 129956 [details] Dmesg
Installation problems like this are a pain, as we can't easily get an updated driver onto the installation media. Even if this bug is fixed in the 2.6.17 based update, it's really convoluted still to create an update. The Fedora Unity project (http://torrent.fedoraunity.org/) does respin ISOs of FC5+updates every so often, maybe find the latest one they have to offer, and give that a try ?
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
This bug has been mass-closed along with all other bugs that have been in NEEDINFO state for several months. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, this is the only method we have of cleaning out stale bug reports where the reporter has disappeared. If you can reproduce this bug after installing all the current updates, please reopen this bug. If you are not the reporter, you can add a comment requesting it be reopened, and someone will get to it asap. Thank you.