On 02/25/2010 03:53 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > >> On 02/25/2010 03:21 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >> >>> Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Seems to me, that Yum is performing quite >>>> badly. I often get network disconnects and Yum >>>> keeps spinning after going into 0.0b transfer rates >>>> forever and requires a forced kill. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Ahhh.... If you are getting network disconnects then any application >>> yum, firefox, etc. which connects to a remote server would certainly >>> suffer. Some apps/protocols may recover better when the network is >>> restored. >>> >>> So, are you saying that in your case the network connection is dropping >>> frequently and yum isn't recovering as you'd expect? >>> >>> >>> >> I am saying specifically with Yum, it somehow loses the connection, >> and you can see the transfer rate slowly drop to 0.0b, the ETA >> grows ridiculously large and getting larger... and stays that >> way "forever", until one kills yum. This disconnect happens >> quite often that it takes several yum restarts to complete >> the downloads. >> >> >>> Or.... >>> >>> >>> >>>> Anyone see this problem? >>>> >>>> I am of course using NetworkManager, and wonder >>>> if I should use the old-network connectivity style? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Are you saying you're having frequent network disconnects, but you don't >>> know why, and you are trying to solve that problem? >>> >>> >>> >> Yes, and I do not know why - seems the other apps are running >> fine, AFAIK, unless there is a test that can ram the network hard >> to see if it is dropping network connections frequently or not. >> >> So, I am willing to test the network on F12 to discover if the >> problem is mine alone. Could you or someone tell me how >> check this out? I had no problems on F9/11 - works fine. >> >> >> > OK, I believe I understand your question a bit better. > > Since you are able to use firefox, for example, without problem it > doesn't appear you have a true network issue. Or, at least, it isn't > local to you. If firefox were also giving you grief it would be a > different story. > > Generally I'm having no issues with yum on updates or installs. I did > have to add "exclude=.gov, .sg" > to my fastestmirror.conf as I use yum-plugin-fastestmirror and have had > issues with slow network to Singapore. > > Are you using yum-plugin-fastestmirror Yes. I tried it with and without. Problems are the same. Seems to me it is a yum problem, but I am speculating. I am running FF. sendmail, DNS, etc.. a LOT of services and I am not seeing any problems. Just with yum installs/updates. -- 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
