(fedora) Yumex kills F9

[Dave Feustel]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 09:34:49AM +0200, Jouk Jansen wrote:
> Dave Feustel <dfeustel at mindspring.com> wrote on 15-OCT-2008 21:24:51.90
> 
> >I just tried to run yumex in X. After I entered the
> >root password, a screen came up showing an indicator
> >which got to 40%, and then the mouse locked up and
> >the disk light was solid on. I rebooted.
> >
> >Is this normal for yumex?
> No.
> I use yumex on several F9 (i686 & X86-64) systems on a daily basis without
> any problems
>                  Jouk

I'm running 32-bit F9. I would prefer the 64-bit edition, but the F9
book came with the 32-bit version only and I'm not up to downloading and
burning the 64-bit version. The 32-bit version runs pretty well.