> >> > > >> > After starting yum it was doing a 300+ pkg update, and it never > >> > finished. Now I cannot run yum, and rpm seems to be broke too. > >> > In addition I cannot issue a Ctrl-C command, I must hit > Ctrl-Z and do a > >> > kill -9 on the yum process. How do I find out what yum > is doing and > >> how > >> > to get it back to normal? > >> > > >> > This is what yum says now: > >> > > >> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > >> > > >> > [1]+ Stopped ./u > >> > [root <at> localhost ]# ps aux |grep yum > >> > > >> ... > > Should I delete the pid file? Will that make the zombie > process go away? > I had to kill the yum processes with a kill -9 to get them to stop. A normal kill was ignored. I did not have to mess with the PID file. By the way, all three of the similar failures I encountered happened in the last week and a half. Bob Styma
