Bug 394944

Summary: error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.0 Reporter: Toni Harbaugh-Blackford <harbaugh>
Component: InstallationAssignee: E-mail List <bnc-team-screening>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: harbaugh
Version: Factory   
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Hardware: x86-64   
OS: openSUSE 11.0   
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Attachments: y2log from installation attempt

Description Toni Harbaugh-Blackford 2008-05-28 02:17:06 UTC
manual installation via ssh.  installation gets all the way through
to the point where software packages are about to be installed, when
yast window dies.  Error in login window is:

error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)


Below is the whole contents of the ssh login window:
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Password: 

openSUSE Installation

Welcome to the inst-sys on 129.43.1.108 2.6.25.4-6-default x86_64

run yast to start the installation

inst-sys:~ # yast
Probing connected terminal...                                   

Initializing virtual console...
                                                                                                                                                
Found a screen terminal on /dev/pts/0 (148 columns x 42 lines).
*** Starting YaST2 ***
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
*** Preparing SSH installation for reboot ***
*** NOTE: after reboot, you have to reconnect and call ***
*** /usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST2.ssh ***
inst-sys:~ #
Comment 1 Toni Harbaugh-Blackford 2008-05-28 02:50:03 UTC
Created attachment 218491 [details]
y2log from installation attempt

the problem appears to have something to do with the repositories added during
installation.  I selected the opensuse repositories via radio button, and
accepted the defaults, which included both the NON-OSS and OSS repositories
but not the debug repository
Comment 2 Toni Harbaugh-Blackford 2008-05-28 02:51:45 UTC
The "cannot open Packages index using db3" error may be a red herring.

I attempted the same install, this time *without* adding any repositories.
I got the same error on the screen but the yast installation did not die.

Comment 3 Stephan Kulow 2008-05-28 06:41:21 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 394728 ***