On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/20/2010 08:44 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> --- On Sat, 2/20/10, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >>> Seems to me, that Yum/Software Update programs >>> hangs from time to time. >>> >>> With Yum, a remote connection would sometimes hang >>> but then timeout and retry again. Seems this is not >>> happening. >>> >>> For Software Update, sometimes hangs occuring during >>> downloads, and other times in cleanups. The spinner >>> stays on forever and forces one to terminate the program >>> via the kill command. >>> >> I initially got the same thing with the mirror connection timing out, and yum switching to another mirror. I installed the yum-plugin-fastestmirror plugin and that eliminated the stalling. >> >> I also have presto and refresh-packagekit plugins installed. >> >> B >> > Uh, so do I... > > # yum update > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit > > The problem is still there.... > > It's just not consistent. Instead of a random mirror you can specify the repository or repositories to use in your .repo files. Find a repository that works reliably for you and plug it in. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
