On 1/4/06, fredex <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:47:42PM -0800, Kam Leo wrote: > > On 1/4/06, fredex <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 06:23:00AM -0500, fredex wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 10:57:28AM +0100, Alessandro Brezzi wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > 2006/1/3, fredex <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Gang! > > > > > > > > > > > > I've got a brand new FC4 installation. Trying to use yum (or up2date) > > > > > > to import and install all the updates since the release. > > > > > > > > > > > > Either program will run for a while then hang. for, like, 2 hours until > > > > > > I kill it. When hung it consumes 80-90% of the CPU but does nothing > > > > > > obviously productive. > > > > > > > > > > > > Is this a known issue? if so can anyone suggest a fix/workaround for it? > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks! > > [snip] > > > > However, I installed using the "personal workstation" option then I > > > > weeded through the package list, reducing it still further, because > > > > I had only a 4 gig partition, and needed only a few apps (mainly k3b > > > > and gnucash). Still, yum spews a loooooong list of headers it wants > > > > before it hangs. > > > > > > > > Please answer these basic questions: > > > > 1. Describe the hardware on which FC4 is installed? > > AMD K6-2 350Mhz, FIC VA503+ motherboard. > > > > > 2. How much physical memory is installed? > 384MB > > > > > 3. Does the graphics adapter share any of that memory? > No > > > > 4. What the disk allocatiion for FC4? > 4 gig partition > You stated that previously . How is the 4 GB allocated (e.g. one large EXT3 partition, LVM, etc.)? How much free disk space? > > > > 5. Do you have a swap partition? If yes, how big is it? > approx 512 MB (don't remember for sure, but it's around that value) > > > > 6. Do you have any other precesses besides yum running? > > Just whatever is running when sitting there "idle". > > > > > 7. Is power save enabled? > > no. > > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- >
