On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 15:17 +0100, Frank Elsner wrote: > Hallo, > > my "yum update" hangs :-( > > # yum update > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > Reading repository metadata in from local files > > > In an other xterm: > > # ps -ef | grep yum > root 12990 3614 0 15:06 pts/5 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum update > root 13280 13248 0 15:13 pts/10 00:00:00 grep yum > # strace -p 12990 > Process 12990 attached - interrupt to quit > futex(0xb7bf17b0, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL > > > What's going on? Bugs. > How to solve the problem? Dunno, but I can tell you what I do to recover from such breakdowns (at average ca. 2-3 times per week with FC6) 1. reboot 2. rm -f /var/lib/__db* 3. rpm --rebuilddb 4. Check for duplicate entries inside of the rpmdb and "yum remove" all older versions it might contain. 5. As prevention from silent unattended breakdowns: Disable yum-updatesd Ralf