Sam Varshavchik responded >>jackson byers writes: >> is it safe to : >> --quit firefox? > Yes. >> --kill the 8024 python.....yum process? > No. Don't do that. Ok, i have quit firefox and restarted it, and i can now go to other sites but I still have that security updates process running, seemingly stalled And I still see intermittent jumps in firefox %cpu to 10-15% range. here is current [root@f10 ~]# ps ax |grep -i firef 8024 ? SN 1:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/share/PackageKit/helpers/yum/yumBackend.py update-packages firefox;3.0.13-1.fc10;i386;updates&gnome-python2-extras;2.19.1-33.fc10;i386;updates&gnome-python2-gtkhtml2;2.19.1-33.fc10;i386;updates&gnome-python2-libegg;2.19.1-33.fc10;i386;updates&kernel-devel;2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10;i686;updates&kernel-firmware;2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10;noarch;updates&kernel-headers;2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10;i386;updates&kernel;2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10;i686;updates&xulrunner-devel;1.9.0.13-1.fc10;i386;updates&xulrunner;1.9.0.13-1.fc10;i386;updates&yelp;2.24.0-12.fc10;i386;updates 15138 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.13/run-mozilla.sh /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.13/firefox 15165 ? Sl 2:55 /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.13/firefox 15394 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep -i firef how can i tell if this update is finished or stalled or whatever? I have never before seen this seemingly stalled response to doing security updates. Sam's advice was to not kill the python-- yum process. What other options do I have? Thanks for help Jack -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines