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whargoul

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From: Odense, Denmark

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 546

Pacman segmentation fault [solved]

Allright this is not good.
I just tried search on a package, and I got this:

root:~$ pacman -Ss flash
zsh: segmentation fault  pacman -Ss flash
root:~$ 

What is happening?

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Cam

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From: Brisbane, Aus

Registered: 2004-12-21

Posts: 658

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Re: Pacman segmentation fault [solved]

I'm probably not much help but that won't tell the devs a lot, maybe try using strace to get some more output.

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whargoul

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From: Odense, Denmark

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 546

Re: Pacman segmentation fault [solved]

I'm probably not much help but that won't tell the devs a lot, maybe try using strace to get some more output.

Strace?

EDIT: I tried to go verbose, and I got this:

[root@matrix ~]$ pacman -Sv flash
error: unable to lock pacman database.
       if you're sure pacman is not already running, you
       can remove /tmp/pacman.lck

Tried to remove /tmp/pacman.lck, but i didn't work:

[root@matrix ~]$ rm /tmp/pacman.lck
[root@matrix ~]$ pacman -Ss flash
zsh: segmentation fault  pacman -Ss flash
[root@matrix ~]$ 

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whargoul

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From: Odense, Denmark

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 546

Re: Pacman segmentation fault [solved]

I just got a thought.
Earlier this day I tried to do a 'pacman-optimize'. I think it may have screewed pacman.
Now when I run it I just get this:

[root@matrix ~]$ pacman-optimize
==> md5sum'ing the old database...
  

It just hangs.

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whargoul

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From: Odense, Denmark

Registered: 2005-04-04

Posts: 546

Re: Pacman segmentation fault [solved]

It seems like my filesystem just was full of errors.

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ralvez

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From: Canada

Registered: 2005-12-06

Posts: 1,694

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Re: Pacman segmentation fault [solved]

Perhaps if you remove all references to the database ( /var/lib/pachan)you will be able to re-start pacman and then run pacman -Syu to re-synchronize the sytem.
BTW do not delete the directory (just in case    ), it should be enough to move/re-name the pacman directory.

HOpe this helps.

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Pacman segmentation fault [solved]

DO NOT DELETE /var/lib/pacman/local!!

that is your "local" database of packages that are installed on your system.