On 02/25/2010 03:58 PM, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > 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. > OK, it seems that when I removed yum-fastestmirror, the problem went away. Perhaps fastestmirror is not playing nice! I noticed that it was hard-hitting the network and perhaps reaches a bandwidth limit and causes breakage? Dunno.. I think I will stick with this for now. -- 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
