On 7/19/2010 4:00 PM, James Hogarth wrote:
With the kernel logging an out of memory error? My first
instinct would be to check free to see the status of RAM and
swap and perhaps end unnecessary processes..
James
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On 19 Jul 2010 20:18, "Bowie Bailey" <Bowie_Bailey@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On 7/19/2010 1:00 PM, James B. Byrne wrote:
>> I am experiencing a problem with yum on one of my
CentOS-5.5
>> systems. Specifically, on Friday past (July 16), I ran
yum update
>> as root. Yum displayed all of the outdated packages and
asked if I
>> wanted to proceed. An answered yes. This first package
downloaded
>> was nss. At this point yum simply stopped processing or
responding.
>> A ctrl-c at the yum session terminal window did not
interrupt the
>> task. Top did not display any yum processes.
>>
>> I killed that particular process to regain the console
session, but
>> I had to use -9 because nothing else worked. Yum
continues to
>> behave in this strange manner. Any invocation of yum
with any
>> option just stops responding.
>>
>> Before I manually remove yum and reinstall it using rpm
could anyone
>> provide a clue as to what might be happening here and
how it might
>> be cured. I found this one entry from yum in the log
files:
>>
>> /var/log/messages.1:Jul 16 00:14:43 gway01 kernel: Out
of memory:
>> Killed process 1380, UID 0, (yum-updatesd-he).
>>
>> However, this entry occurred some time before I
attempted my update
>> task later that same morning.
>>
>> I would like to be directly copied on any replies as I
am a digest
>> subscriber.
>
> My first attempt would be to do a "yum clean all" and then
try it again.
With the kernel logging an out of memory error? My first
instinct would be to check free to see the status of RAM and
swap and perhaps end unnecessary processes..
Ahh... I must have missed that.
So if memory is the problem, then check your RAM as James
suggested. Run 'free' and see how much free memory you have.
On the other hand, it's still a good idea to clean out yum's
databases from time to time.
--
Bowie
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