on start of add/remove software, install rpm or get a package from shell i get:


Component: pirut
Summary: TBc0c9275d config.py:680:_getsysver:TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 476, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 469, in main
    pm = PackageManager(options.config, options.onlyrepo)
  File "/usr/sbin/pirut", line 63, in __init__
    GraphicalYumBase.__init__(self, False, config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 129, in __init__
    plugin_types=(yum.plugins.TYPE_CORE,))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 113, in
doConfigSetup
    errorlevel=errorlevel)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 159, in _getConfig
    self._conf = config.readMainConfig(startupconf)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 613, in readMainConfig
    yumvars['releasever'] = _getsysver(startupconf.installroot,
startupconf.distroverpkg)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 680, in _getsysver
    idx = ts.dbMatch('provides', distroverpkg)
TypeError: rpmdb open failed

Local variables in innermost frame:
installroot: /
ts: <rpmUtils.transaction.TransactionWrapper instance at 0x97f3d8c>
distroverpkg: redhat-release