On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 06:08:07AM -0800, Antonio Olivares wrote: > --- On Sun, 11/23/08, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > --- On Sun, 11/23/08, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- wrote: > > > > > > >2. I can't run yum cuz its already busy. What's with that? > > > > > > as root su - > > > # rm /var/rum/yum.pid -f > > > > > > then yum will be free to run as you like. > > > > That's usually not a good idea. The lock is probably being held > > by a temporary PackageKit process, and you should simply wait for > > it to complete. If you can't stand to wait, find the PackageKit > > process and kill it. Removing the resources yum uses to tell if > > there's a lock going is counterproductive since you'll probably > > get a different (and more head-scratching) error when you try to > > run a second copy. > > > > $ ps axw | grep '\(pk\|PackageKit\)' > > > > You'll probably need to be root to kill any back-side PackageKit > > stuff if it's running. Again, it might be that a little patience > > will go a long way. Remember you can tune PackageKit's timing > > using the System / Preferences / System / Software Updates tool. > > I had patience, but I let it run and it ran for a great while and > did nothing :(. I apologize but there are/were many times that > package kit took very long and I preferred to do the little hack > then run > > # yum clean all > # yum clean metadata > # yum update -y > > NOTE: on two out three machines it(PackageKit is getting the job > done, but it is hard to break old/bad habits) :) Something which can hold up package depsolvers (not just yum but many others too) is mirror speed. I like to install yum-fastestmirror and tune it by adding to the "exclude" line in the /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/fastestmirror.conf file. I use it to exclude mirrors that always seem to respond quickly but don't always have good bandwidth. You might find this helpful too. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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