<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I have tried that but getting the following error: ptopping@tonic [/home/ptopping]$ sudo yum clean metadata Loading "kernel-module" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 12657. Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit... I have checked /var/run and there isn't a file yum.pid: [root@turtle log]# ls -l yum* -rw------- 1 root root 31917 2008-10-14 06:24 yum.log -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30874 2008-01-22 13:29 yum.log-20080123 -rw------- 1 root root 31661 2008-04-24 08:09 yum.log-20080424 Any thoughts...???? -Patrick ------------------------- Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1225726877.18431.101.camel@bree.homelinux.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 07:34 -0800, Patrick Topping wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I have not been able to run yum without issues for several weeks. Anyone seen this issue before and how to resolve it...??? Thanks in advance. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Try "yum clean metadata" poc </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>