[ale] RH9 Logwatch Errors / glibc stuff

[Steve Nicholas]

Dow,
Sorry for the late response (had to find my notes.)  Here's what I did to
recover from the glibc update from hell. I booted from RH disk 1 and typed
'linux rescue' at the installation prompt.  I then answered a few
questions about language and network settings and hit 'Continue' when
asked about ols system being mounted to /mnt/sysimage.

I then typed 'mount' to verify that the CD and the old system were indeed
mounted.  I then typed the following to force install glibc and
glibc-common to /mnt/sysimage:

rpm -ivh --force --root /mnt/sysimage
/mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-2.3.2-11.9.i686.rpm
/mnt/source/RedHat/RPMS/glibc-common-2.3.2-11.9.i386.rpm

(The above is all one line, the editor just broke them out to separate
lines)

I then typed 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' to see if I could get to the 'old
root' without a Seg fault.  Type 'exit twice to exit from the shells and
reboot.

I went into specific details above for the newbies on the list. I found
this on linuxquestions.org and yes I did run this to fix my linux box.  I
wanted to give salutations when needed.

Hope this helps,

Steve

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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Dow Hurst wrote:

> I've logged out and back in but haven't rebooted yet.  I need my system
> running so haven't taken the chance.  I was hoping if there really is a
> problem that RHN would show an update available.  Nothing shows up when
> checking for updates other than it saying I'm uptodate.  I've let all
> the updates get applied as they appeared.  So the glibc is updated on
> this machine.  I am not going to reboot until I know what to do to fix
> it.  What is the normal procedure under RH9 to recover from this
> situation?  Boot with the install CD?
> Dow
>
>
> Steve Nicholas wrote:
>
> >Hello Ale,
> >A two parter here.
> >
> >1.  Installed RH9 from RH7.2 (install, not an upgrade).  Summary:  What
> >was broke in 7.2 appears to work, and things that worked in 7.2 are broke
> >in 9.0 :-(
> >
> >Logwatch returns the error message:
> >
> >Wrong configuration entry for "Service", if "All" selected, only "-" items
> >are allowed
> >
> >Worked in 7.2.  Looked at logwatch.org, linuxquestions.org, and google.
> >No luck.  Ditto for the man page and any FAQ I found.  Line 400 appears to
> >be where logwatch.pl dies.  Running RH9 2.4.20-20.9.  RHs version is from
> >~ 03/03, d/l'd latest version 5.0.1 (11/03 - rpm) and ran into the same
> >brick wall.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> >
> >2. RH glibc updates:
> >
> >Danger Will Robinson Danger!!
> >
> >When I did the install, was diligent and d/l'd all patches and bugfixes -
> >including a glibc bugfix.  Box broke big time upon reboot.  I had to boot
> >off of cd into rescue mode, rm glibc, and reinstall the original and
> >reboot.  Read that it's not good to update glibc EXCEPT for security
> >issues.  Almost did this one until I started seeing msgs resembling what I
> >experienced the first time.
> >
> >For those who did the update, pls let the list know how things go when you
> >DO reboot...Inquiring minds want to know.  I may test it out, but not
> >until I get a few things sorted out and a good burn to a cd for backup.
> >
> >Hope #2 helps someone, hope someone can assist in #1.
> >
> >Steve
> >
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