On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 08:04 -0800, Patrick Topping wrote: > I have tried that but getting the following error: > > ptopping@tonic > [/home/ptopping]$ sudo yum clean metadata > Loading "kernel-module" plugin > Loading "fastestmirror" plugin > Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 12657. > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to > exit... > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to > exit... > > I have checked /var/run and there isn't a file yum.pid: > > [root@turtle log]# ls -l yum* > -rw------- 1 root root 31917 2008-10-14 06:24 yum.log > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30874 2008-01-22 13:29 yum.log-20080123 > -rw------- 1 root root 31661 2008-04-24 08:09 yum.log-20080424 > > Any thoughts...???? # pkill yum (or "pgrep -fl yum" to check, and then pkill). poc PS Don't top-post on this list. See the Guidelines. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
