On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 07:05 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote (off-list): Phil Schaffner wrote: > > On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 08:27 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> having the problem that yum very often hangs up when installing some > >> packages. Then stopping it and > >> killing it with signal 9, re-starting it with "clean all" and then > >> starting again "yum install ..." > >> untils it performs the download and install. Sometimes I have to > >> repeat this tiring procedure 3 or > >> 4 times. Sometimes a reboot is needed. > > > > Sometimes yum may take a considerable time to time-out when it > > encounters a busy server > > OK, but if it never returns ... ? > > >, but have not seen it totally hang, at least > > If it hangs, then it hangs almost always after the message > > 'Loading "rhnplugin" plugin'
Well, that seems to narrow down the scope for debugging. Perhaps a proxy/firewall issue? > > > not since much earlier (Fedora) versions. > > I never had problems with yum in all Fedora versions too. > > Be sure you are waiting long > > enough. Have never had a yum hang requiring a reboot. > > > >> Calling yum in ssh session (for managing more than one nodes) shows > >> similar problems - it seems > >> that yum needs a tty, otherwise it will not operate. Can somebody > >> confirm this? > > > > I regularly use yum in interactive ssh sessions, and have run it in cron > > jobs, so it definitely does not require a TTY. If you are trying to run > > it as a command argument to the the ssh invocation, rather than in an > > interactive session, appropriate switches (-y at least > > i do the same in ssh sessions. > > ) and I/O > > redirection are required. > > > >> Did somebody make similar experiences? > > > > Not I. > > > >> All comments are welcome. > > > > Phil > > > > > > Thank you for your remarks. Looks like time for a service request and/or Bugzilla if nobody else has a better idea. Don't see your problem there. Phil _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
