On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 13:54 +1100, Norman Gaywood wrote: > On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 12:31:01PM -0500, Bob Chiodini wrote: > > I installed the x86_64 version of FC4 Saturday and attempted to update > > using: > > > > yum -y update > > > > I get through the download of the headers and the RPMs, but during the > > actual update yum hangs, and cannot be aborted with control-C. I've > > tried twice and yum seems to hang in different places or it gets to the > > transaction check (after the package download) then stops with no > > messages. > > > > When the problem occurs, I cannot su, nor can I ssh in from another > > machine. The computer is not hung, ssh and su prompt for a password, > > but a shell prompt never appears. > > I had this problem on my x86_64 FC4 system as well. > > > > I tried updating yum, selinux and pam separately, and turning off > > selinux to no avail. > > > > I believe this to be the problem posted in: > > > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-October/msg01035.html > > Yes, same here. useradd hangs during the yum update. You can't login > from anywhere anymore. Current logins seem OK. > > To solve this I installed my system then updated a few things at a time > and sprinkled in some reboots on the way. This is not scientific but I > now have a system that looks consistent. > > Here is what I did from my .bash_history file: > > yum check-update > yum update glibc glibc-devel > yum update pam > yum update selinux* kernel* > shutdown -r now > yum update zlib yum ypserv > yum update lib* > yum update xorg* > yum update udev > yum update audit* binutils coreutils dbus* devhelp > yum update glib2 pwlib rpm* shadow* slib* setup > shutdown -r now > yum update > > -- > Norman Gaywood, Systems Administrator > School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science > University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia > > norm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: +61 (0)2 6773 2412 > http://turing.une.edu.au/~norm Fax: +61 (0)2 6773 3312 > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > Norman, Eric Smith, who posted the original message, suggested that the kernel should be updated before any others. I tried this last night and was successful. After a fresh install, I updated just the kernel, rebooted and applied the other 640+ updates without problems. Bob...
