2007/11/11, Jim Cornette <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Joe Christy wrote: > > <whining> > > I use KDE (I know, if I want Fedora to work, I must assimilate to > > Gnome), and since I installed (a minimal, since anaconda barfed on > > libxslt when I tried to install using the the updates repo as an > > additional repo) F8, I have not been able to use either Pirut or yum to > > perform an update. > > </whining> > > > > Whenever I try to do an update with either of the applications mentioned > > above, I get: > > > > [root@moby Recover]# yum update > > Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 4642. > > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... > > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... > > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... > > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... > > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... > > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... > > Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... > > > > > > Exiting on user cancel. > > [root@moby Recover]# ps wwuax | egrep "yum|pup|pirut" > > root 2774 0.0 0.1 247672 12688 ? SN 18:06 0:05 > > /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/sbin/yum-updatesd > > root 3275 0.0 0.2 248520 16892 ? S 18:07 0:00 > > /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/bin/puplet > > root 4642 0.4 1.4 346052 122312 ? SN 20:06 0:04 > > /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/libexec/yum-updatesd-helper --check --dbus > > root 4713 0.0 0.0 82240 820 pts/3 S+ 20:25 0:00 egrep > > yum|pup|pirut > > > > and when I run pirut, it pops up a warning panel saying: > > > > Another application is currently running which is accessing software > > information. > > > > What is puplet supposed to show me? Is /usr/libexec/yum-updatesd-helper > > supposed to do anything perceptible? Does puplet do anything under Gnome? > > > > Is this a bug or a feature? > > > > I know yum-updatesd was a no-op under F7. Is it the same under F8? > > > > Joe > > > > > I had the error also. I stopped the deamon via the GUI services program > and still had the error. I eventually went to a terminal su - to root > and ran yum -y update. It informed me of a lock file so I removed the > lock file and afterward ran yum -y update successfully to update the > system. It is either pup or pirut which fails to get rid of the lock > file after exiting, I assume pirut (Add/remove programs) is not removing > the lock file for yum on exit. > > -- > "When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic." > -- John Kenneth Galbraith > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > i have the same error (using yumex): where is the lock file??? This bug is preventing to make any update (adding nvidia, etc, etc): I assume that everybody is impacting on it.... -- Antonio Montagnani Skype : antoniomontag -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
