Hi All, I started noticing an odd situation on my notebook the other day. I did a 'yum update' and yum went to work downloading everything. The only first sign of troubles occurred while 'rpm' was trying to upgrade / install packages. It said it was installing the first package and then just stayed there. It didn't freeze as the cursor and mouse were still available for use. I could 'Cntrl+C' to get back to the standard terminal prompt. It seems to be solely with the 'rpm' command. The same problem occurs if I try the command seperately. For example, rpm -ivh <some-file-name>.rpm. The same also occurs when I try to upgrade (-U) or remove (-e) packages from the rpm database. I was wondering if someone might be able to shed some light on this problem for me, as I would dearly love to update my notebook to the latest offerings from the FC world. Thanks heaps. Cheers, Tony Crouch