Hello All, As you can see below I am having a problem checking for updates. This happens repeatedly. I have to kill the process then rerun. I have tried "yum clean all" but no joy - the process hangs again on "extras" - see second listing below. Suggestions? Dave [root at cserver ~]# yum check-update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * epel: fedora.mirror.facebook.net * base: ftp.telus.net * updates: ftp.telus.net * addons: ftp.telus.net * extras: ftp.telus.net epel | 2.1 kB 00:00 virtualmin | 951 B 00:00 pgdg83 | 1.9 kB 00:00 virtualmin-universal | 951 B 00:00 base | 1.1 kB 00:00 updates | 951 B 00:00 addons | 951 B 00:00 extras | 1.1 kB 00:00 --------------- hangup here ------------------------- ---------------- listing 2 ------------------- [root at cserver ~]# yum clean all Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Cleaning up Everything Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors [root at cserver ~]# yum check-update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Determining fastest mirrors * epel: fedora.mirror.facebook.net * base: ftp.telus.net * updates: ftp.telus.net * addons: ftp.telus.net * extras: ftp.telus.net epel | 2.1 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 | 2.6 MB 00:16 virtualmin | 951 B 00:00 primary.xml.gz | 70 kB 00:00 virtualmin 254/254 pgdg83 | 1.9 kB 00:00 primary.sqlite.bz2 | 120 kB 00:01 virtualmin-universal | 951 B 00:00 primary.xml.gz | 11 kB 00:00 base | 1.1 kB 00:00 primary.xml.gz | 878 kB 00:04 base 2508/2508 updates | 951 B 00:00 primary.xml.gz | 318 kB 00:01 updates 479/479 addons | 951 B 00:00 primary.xml.gz | 157 B 00:00 extras | 1.1 kB 00:00 primary.xml.gz | 107 kB 00:00 extras 324/324 -- When addiction becomes commonplace in a society, people become addicted not only to alcohol and drugs, but to a thousand other destructive pursuits: money, power, dysfunctional relationships, or video games. A social perspective on addiction does not deny individual differences in vulnerability to addiction, but it removes them from the foreground of attention, because social determinants are more powerful.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Dave Stevens<geek at uniserve.com> wrote:> Hello All, > > As you can see below I am having a problem checking for updates. This > happens repeatedly. I have to kill the process then rerun. I have > tried "yum clean all" but no joy - the process hangs again on "extras" > - see second listing below. Suggestions? > > Dave > > [root at cserver ~]# yum check-update > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > ?* epel: fedora.mirror.facebook.net > ?* base: ftp.telus.net > ?* updates: ftp.telus.net > ?* addons: ftp.telus.net > ?* extras: ftp.telus.net > epel ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | 2.1 kB ? ? 00:00 > virtualmin ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ?951 B ? ? 00:00 > pgdg83 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | 1.9 kB ? ? 00:00 > virtualmin-universal ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ?951 B ? ? 00:00 > base ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | 1.1 kB ? ? 00:00 > updates ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?| ?951 B ? ? 00:00 > addons ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | ?951 B ? ? 00:00 > extras ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? | 1.1 kB ? ? 00:00I suspect it is the non-CentOS repos that are causing the hang (?). You might want to check that by running: yum update --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=base,extras,updates and see if this one runs fine. Akemi
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Dave Stevens <geek at uniserve.com> wrote:> Hello All, > > As you can see below I am having a problem checking for updates. This > happens repeatedly. I have to kill the process then rerun. I have > tried "yum clean all" but no joy - the process hangs again on "extras" > - see second listing below. Suggestions?While we dish out a helping of logic, snark, and verbal abuse elsewhere in this thread, would you mind running 'yum -d6 check-update' after a 'yum clean all' again please. The -d6 cranks up the output that yum produces and will give us a better picture of what's going on and why yum is hanging for you. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell
On Wednesday 09 September 2009 01:02:53 pm Dave Stevens wrote:> Hello All, > > As you can see below I am having a problem checking for updates. This > happens repeatedly. I have to kill the process then rerun. I have > tried "yum clean all" but no joy - the process hangs again on "extras" > - see second listing below. Suggestions? > > Davewell, I didn't expect to stir up such a lot of contention, that's for sure. I tried Akemi's suggestions to no avail. The suggestions others have made are worth pursuing too but I haven't got to them yet. Yes, I do have a good reason for including third party repos. One of my sites uses a web GIS application hosted on the server and it needs the pgdg83 repo. I use Virtualmin to manage the server and so their repos are in there too. In actual practice this issue is going to get solved in another way. I've just been given enough budget to replace the server so I plan to go to Centos 5.4 and to provide a virtual machine for that one app on its own. Then it will be up to the developer to manage repos as needed. Some of the remarks have referenced corrupt metadata. I thought of this, ran yum clean all, no joy. I assume that if there were a problem with a core Centos repo I'd hear about it on the list so I have not worried about that. Thanks to all who answered. Dave> > [root at cserver ~]# yum check-update > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile >snip!