Can you try disabling the fastestmirror plugin? yum --disableplugin=fastestmirror update
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 00:17, Tata Dano <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello guys, > > I had a fresh install of CentOS and need to update the system but when i do > "yum update", i got this error: > > [r...@localhost ~]# yum update > Loading "fastestmirror" plugin > Determining fastest mirrors > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 105, in main > result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands() > File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 289, in doCommands > self._getTs() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 85, in > _getTs > self._getTsInfo() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/depsolve.py", line 91, in > _getTsInfo > self._tsInfo.setDatabases(self.rpmdb, self.pkgSack) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 537, in > <lambda> > pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(), > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 392, in > _getSacks > self.repos.populateSack(which=repos) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 214, in > populateSack > self.doSetup() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 66, in doSetup > self.ayum.plugins.run('postreposetup') > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 169, in run > func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs)) > File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 90, in > postreposetup_hook > repomirrors[str(repo)] = FastestMirror(repo.urls).get_mirrorlist() > File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 142, in get_mirrorlist > self._poll_mirrors() > File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 155, in _poll_mirrors > pollThread.start() > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/threading.py", line 416, in start > _start_new_thread(self.__bootstrap, ()) > thread.error: can't start new thread > [r...@localhost ~]# > > How do i fix this? Any advice? A million thanks in advance. > > -- > Tata Dano > Linux Registered User #383849 > http://zimaso.sourceforge.net/ > http://immactamb.proboards86.com/ > http://hccitforums.proboards62.com/ > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- Ian Dexter R. Marquez http://feeds.iandexter.net/Coredump Going back to sleep. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
