pacman -Su failing..

rotemtamir · 2008-06-26 06:59:54

Hi,

I've been getting strange behaviour from my linux box -- trying to start a samba daemon, but it fails to load, or actually it hangs saying:

:: Starting Samba Server                                [BUSY]

I've googled for it and found http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=31200 recommending to update the system with pacman -Sy and pacman -Su. I did so, but after pacman finishes fetching all of the packages I get:

error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit trnasaction (conflicting files)
gpm: /usr/lib/libgpm.so.1 exists in filesystem
errors occured, no packages were upgraded.

Any clues?

thanks in advance.

Allan · 2008-06-26 07:27:57

http://www.archlinux.org/news/391/

rotemtamir · 2008-06-26 08:43:21

thanks for the quick reply.

updgrade went throught well but still when running /etc/rc.d/samba start
i get ::Starting samba server [busy] ..

where can I read samba's logs maybe?

Last edited by rotemtamir (2008-06-26 08:43:49)

Allan · 2008-06-26 08:49:05

I guess they are in /var/log/samba. I don't run samba on this computer so I can't be sure...

rotemtamir · 2008-06-26 09:19:41

I checked those logs but found no error messages..

What can be causing this problem?

Allan · 2008-06-26 09:26:58

I suggest you start a new post with a title that reflects your problem. You will want to post the relevant parts of your samba.conf too.

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#1 2008-06-26 06:59:54

pacman -Su failing..

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Re: pacman -Su failing..

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Re: pacman -Su failing..

#4 2008-06-26 08:49:05

Re: pacman -Su failing..

#5 2008-06-26 09:19:41

Re: pacman -Su failing..

#6 2008-06-26 09:26:58

Re: pacman -Su failing..

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