On 10/23/08, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > One of my systems in an old Pentium III (Coppermine). > python-updater will not complete. It echoes one > line and then sits indefinately (for a day or more). ... > Here's what else happens: > > # eselect python list > !!! Error: Can't load module python > > > thoughts and ideas are most welcome.
Some thoughts, not really informed, but trying to lure some better experts and ideas out: - Maybe you should run python-updater with several "-v" options? Maybe it will become more talkative? (See man page and/or the script itself) - Maybe the disks or filesystems have some problems or bit-rot after having possibly been powered on 24/7 for a long time? Has there been power outages? Voluntary fsck time! - Has something happened to your scanelf? emerge -1 pax-utils might fix some issues - I'd guess eselect python complaining like above is probably just normal, unless you're supposed to have eselect-python package installed (many systems probably don't and you say your system is sort of minimal anyway?) - Does anything unusual appear in /var/log/messages or other logs? -- Arttu V.
