On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:42:21 +0100 Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 15:17 +0100, Frank Elsner wrote: > > Hallo, > > > > my "yum update" hangs :-( > > > > # yum update > > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > > Setting up Update Process > > Setting up repositories > > Reading repository metadata in from local files > > > > > > In an other xterm: > > > > # ps -ef | grep yum > > root 12990 3614 0 15:06 pts/5 00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum update > > root 13280 13248 0 15:13 pts/10 00:00:00 grep yum > > # strace -p 12990 > > Process 12990 attached - interrupt to quit > > futex(0xb7bf17b0, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL > > > > > > What's going on? > Bugs. > > > How to solve the problem? > Dunno, but I can tell you what I do to recover from such breakdowns (at > average ca. 2-3 times per week with FC6) > > 1. reboot > 2. rm -f /var/lib/__db* rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* did it for me. Thanks. --Frank Elsner
