Re: F12: Yum - network disconnects spins it's wheels.

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On 02/25/2010 03:53 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>    
>> On 02/25/2010 03:21 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Seems to me, that Yum is performing quite
>>>> badly.  I often get network disconnects and Yum
>>>> keeps spinning after going into 0.0b transfer rates
>>>> forever and requires a forced kill.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Ahhh....  If you are getting network disconnects then any application
>>> yum, firefox, etc. which connects to a remote server would certainly
>>> suffer.  Some apps/protocols may recover better when the network is
>>> restored.
>>>
>>> So, are you saying that in your case the network connection is dropping
>>> frequently and yum isn't recovering as you'd expect?
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> I am saying specifically with Yum, it somehow loses the connection,
>> and you can see the transfer rate slowly drop to 0.0b, the ETA
>> grows ridiculously large and getting larger... and stays that
>> way "forever", until one kills yum.  This disconnect happens
>> quite often that it takes several yum restarts to complete
>> the downloads.
>>
>>      
>>> Or....
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>>>> Anyone see this problem?
>>>>
>>>> I am of course using NetworkManager, and wonder
>>>> if I should use the old-network connectivity style?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>          
>>> Are you saying you're having frequent network disconnects, but you don't
>>> know why, and you are trying to solve that problem?
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Yes, and I do not know why - seems the other apps are running
>> fine, AFAIK, unless there is a test that can ram the network hard
>> to see if it is dropping network connections frequently or not.
>>
>> So, I am willing to test the network on F12 to discover if the
>> problem is mine alone. Could you or someone tell me how
>> check this out?  I had no problems on F9/11 - works fine.
>>
>>
>>      
> OK, I believe I understand your question a bit better.
>
> Since you are able to use firefox, for example, without problem it
> doesn't appear you have a true network issue.  Or, at least, it isn't
> local to you.  If firefox were also giving you grief it would be a
> different story.
>
> Generally I'm having no issues with yum on updates or installs.  I did
> have to add "exclude=.gov, .sg"
> to my fastestmirror.conf as I use yum-plugin-fastestmirror and have had
> issues with slow network to Singapore.
>
> Are you using yum-plugin-fastestmirror
Yes.  I tried it with and without.  Problems are the same.  Seems to
me it is a yum problem, but I am speculating.  I am running FF. sendmail,
DNS, etc.. a LOT of services and I am not seeing any problems.  Just
with yum installs/updates.


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