On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 09:08 -0600, Reid Rivenburgh wrote: > Hi. Yesterday I did a "yum update" and got the new kernel, > kernel.x86_64 0-2.6.25-1.fc9, among other packages. The first time I > ran it, it seemed to hang at the kernel "Installing" step. I killed > it after a few minutes and cleaned up the mess it caused (duplicate > packages that would have been removed later in the process). Later, I > tried updating again with "-v -d 10", letting it go as long as needed. > It finally finished: > > Running Transaction > Installing: kernel ######################### [1/3] > Cleanup : kernel ######################### [2/3] > Erasing : kmod-nvidia-2.6.25-0.204.rc8 ######################### [3/3] > Running "posttrans" handler for "changelog" plugin > Running "posttrans" handler for "refresh-packagekit" plugin > Running "posttrans" handler for "merge-conf" plugin > Transaction time: 3168.841 > > It froze at the 1/3 step again, but at least it eventually finished. > As you can see, that took a really long time, much longer than I've > ever seen yum take. Does anyone know why? Should I be concerned > about my system? Was it just waiting for some resource to become > free? how many kernels do you have installed? rpm -q kernel nevertheless it is most likely the file fingerprint routine in rpm. -sv -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
