M. Fioretti spake the following on 9/11/2006 1:58 PM:
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 21:26:19 PM +0200, io (mfioretti@mclink.it) wrote:
about one hour ago, I did a "yum update" on a remote centos 4.3 server. It said:
Cleanup : mkinitrd ##################### [ 72/124] Cleanup : e2fsprogs ##################### [ 73/124]
and then nothing more. It has remained stuck at that line for almost one hour now.
Hello, it's me again.
I don't know if it's relevant, but I have connected via ssh as normal user without seeing any error. Then, when I switch to root, I get:
$ su - -bash: child setpgid (9021 to 9021): No such process Password:
I have seen via Google that others, to fix these warnings, suggested to:
"mv /lib/tls /tls-disabled as noted in the 2.6 kernel announcements."
No problem from me to do that. Just dubious if (considering the hanged update) it is something to do before, after, instead typing "halt" at this second ssh window I have.
Thoughts, comments, explanations of what is actually happening?
Thanks in advance for any feedback,
Marco
If you can't get another root prompt in another session, then a reboot might be your only choice. IF the system seems to be responding otherwise, you could take your time and reboot. If system is not responding, then reboot is probably the only choice. You don't want to send a "halt" unless you have some way to turn the system back on remotely.