YUM problem on new FC4 installation

[fredex]

On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 07:35:15PM -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
> On 1/4/06, fredex <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 03:47:42PM -0800, Kam Leo wrote:
> > > On 1/4/06, fredex <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 06:23:00AM -0500, fredex wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 10:57:28AM +0100, Alessandro Brezzi wrote:
> > > > > > Hi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 2006/1/3, fredex <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Gang!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I've got a brand new FC4 installation. Trying to use yum (or up2date)
> > > > > > > to import and install all the updates since the release.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Either program will run for a while then hang. for, like, 2 hours until
> > > > > > > I kill it. When hung it consumes 80-90% of the CPU but does nothing
> > > > > > > obviously productive.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is this a known issue? if so can anyone suggest a fix/workaround for it?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > thanks!
> > > [snip]
> > > > > However, I installed using the "personal workstation" option then I
> > > > > weeded through the package list, reducing it still further, because
> > > > > I had only a 4 gig partition, and needed only a few apps (mainly k3b
> > > > > and gnucash). Still, yum spews a loooooong list of headers it wants
> > > > > before it hangs.
> > > > >
> > >
> > > Please answer these basic questions:
> > >
> > > 1. Describe the hardware on which FC4 is installed?
> >
> > AMD K6-2 350Mhz, FIC VA503+ motherboard.
> >
> > >
> > > 2. How much physical memory is installed?
> >  384MB
> >
> > >
> > > 3. Does the graphics adapter share any of that memory?
> > No
> > >
> > > 4. What the disk allocatiion for FC4?
> > 4 gig partition
> >
> 
> You stated that previously . How is the 4 GB allocated (e.g. one large
> EXT3 partition, LVM, etc.)?
> 
> How much free disk space?

It's EXT3, about half full.

> 
> > >
> > > 5. Do you have a swap partition? If yes, how big is it?
> > approx 512 MB (don't remember for sure, but it's around that value)
> > >
> > > 6. Do you have any other precesses besides yum running?
> >
> > Just whatever is running when sitting there "idle".
> >
> > >
> > > 7. Is power save enabled?
> >
> > no.

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