On Sunday 23 November 2008, Paul W. Frields wrote: >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. Good hint, I'll try to remember that. Thanks Paul. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Q: How do you catch a unique rabbit? A: Unique up on it! Q: How do you catch a tame rabbit? A: The tame way! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
