Re: YUM problem on new FC4 installation

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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 -----------------------------
>


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