Date:  Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:51:05 +0100
From:  "Colin Jack" <colin (at mark) mainline.co.uk>
Subject:  [coba-e:07675] Re: Yum stuck or bust
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kristian Eklund [mailto:kristian.eklund (at mark) monostar.net] 
> Sent: 21 October 2006 14:25
> To: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
> Subject: [coba-e:07672] Re: Yum stuck or bust
> 
> > The GUI shows "Update in Progress" on the YUM updater page 
> but nothing 
> > else happening.
> > 
> > I could reboot the server but it is a working server and 200 miles 
> > away so don't want to break anything
> > 
> > What to do Blues?
> 
> You can always kill the processes;
> killall yum_update
> killall yum
> 
> And then re-run 'yum update' from the console. Don't use -y 
> unless you really know you want all the updates.
> 
> And remove that YUM GUI-crap and always run YUM from the 
> console. The GUI sure gives more problems than not using it.
> 
> /Kristian
> 

Thanks Kristian and Gerald.

Kill kill kill (and pray) ;)

Colin