Yum hangs

[Frank Elsner]

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:42:21 +0100 Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-12 at 15:17 +0100, Frank Elsner wrote:
> > Hallo,
> > 
> > my "yum update" hangs :-(
> > 
> > # yum update
> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> > Setting up Update Process
> > Setting up repositories
> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
> > 
> > 
> > In an other xterm:
> > 
> > # ps -ef | grep yum
> > root     12990  3614  0 15:06 pts/5    00:00:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum update
> > root     13280 13248  0 15:13 pts/10   00:00:00 grep yum
> > # strace -p 12990
> > Process 12990 attached - interrupt to quit
> > futex(0xb7bf17b0, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL
> > 
> > 
> > What's going on?
> Bugs.
> 
> >  How to solve the problem?
> Dunno, but I can tell you what I do to recover from such breakdowns (at
> average ca. 2-3 times per week with FC6)
> 
> 1. reboot
> 2. rm -f /var/lib/__db*

rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00*    did it for me. Thanks.


--Frank Elsner