Have you tried changing the yum.conf file to use mirrors instead of the default settings? Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salvatore Enrico Indiogine" <hindiogine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:43 AM Subject: yum locking up > Greetings! > > I am eager to migrate from RHL 9 to Fedora on my PC, but 1 problem is > holding me back: yum > > Doing: > > yum check-update or yum update > > the download of the rpm starts and then locks up. I can do ^C and it > will continue or restart, but then it will lock up again. The download > stops. The download usually works well with small rpms, but installing > the kernel, glibc or mozilla is practically impossible. It simply stops > downloading and hangs. > > I am on DSL and it works well. I have > 1 Gbyte space available. I run > the process as root. > > I really would like to solve this problem so that I can complete the > migration. > > Thanks in advance, > > Enrico > > -- > Salvatore Enrico Indiogine > <hindiogine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Email sent from a Linux PC using Evolution > > Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against > absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the > sport of every wind. > > Thomas Jefferson, 1822 > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
