Mandriva rpmdb unable to allocate memory error fix

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I’m sharing to you the error I’ve encountered while setting up Linux Mandriva 2011’s package manager.

Problem:

rpmdb: unable to allocate memory for mutex; resize mutex region
error: db_init:db3.c:1009: dbenv->open(12): Cannot allocate memory
error: cannot open Packages(0) index: Cannot allocate memory(12)
DB: Berkeley DB 5.1.25: (January 28, 2011)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

Fix:

shell# db51_recover -vh /var/lib/rpm

Run urpm* or drakrpm and the problem should have gone away.

Filed under Mandriva Linux, Tips and Howtos, Tips and Fixes by Batman