Stan responded >You are trying to update firefox while it is running. While this is >theoretically possible, it is also possible that firefox has locked a >component that the update process needs to access. In other words, get >out of firefox until the updates complete. >If you leave firefox down and the process doesn't complete in a half >hour, kill the update process. >I use yum from command line. Would then do, [snip] Stan, thanks for explanation, and that detailed list of yum commands. I will do them, if i cant get that old process awakened. [root@f10 ~]# yum info yum\* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 8024. Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... The other application is: PackageKit Memory : 102 M RSS (122 MB VSZ) Started: Wed Aug 5 13:19:19 2009 - 22:18:17 ago State : Sleeping, pid: 8024 so, it is "Sleeping" Any way to wake it up? I had firefox off for 40min? no help, the process stayed in its sleeping state. thanks Jack -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines