From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Opera/8.0 (X11; Linux i686; U; en) Description of problem: Attempting to update the kernel, yum hangs after "Running Transaction Test", with no disc activity and no cpu usage. $ sudo yum -y update kernel ... Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package kernel.i586 0:2.6.11-1.27_FC3 set to be installed --> Running transaction check Dependencies Resolved Transaction Listing: Install: kernel.i586 0:2.6.11-1.27_FC3 - updates-released Total download size: 18 M Downloading Packages: Running Transaction Test and hangs... Also tried: $ sudo yum -y install kernel with the same result. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-2.2.1-0.fc3 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.$ sudo yum -y update kernel 2. 3. Actual Results: yum hangs with no activity Expected Results: install kernel Additional info:
does the command 'df' hang? how many kernels do you have installed? If you strace the yum command what does it say it is doing?
Hmm. I just tried to run sudo rpm -ivh /var/cache/yum/updates-released/packages/kernel-2.6.11-1.27_FC3.i586.rpm and that also hangs with no activity. This is with rpm-4.3.2-21. I suppose this is an rpm problem then, and not a yum problem.
Answer the other questions I mentioned and we can see what might be causing it. I think knowing what the strace output is and how many kernels you have installed would help. out of curiosity - is this really an i586 machine?
> does the command 'df' hang? Yes sir'ee Bob! This seems to have something to do with an NFS mounted directory - flaky NFS at that. I managed to unmount the remote directory and then rpm - and df - ran without problems. Athlon machine, K7 I suppose - family 6, stepping 2.
this is not a bug, closing.