On 31/08/06, Julio E. Gonzalez P. <jegp at netvision.com.py> wrote: > I have the same problem here... > Anyone has something to say about this? > Thanks. > Julio. Try strace-ing the process ID of the yum process to see if it's stuck at the "futex" call/stage. I tried blithely "yum update"-ing my test system earlier and it hung on this. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=strace+futex&meta= Now the system's in a little bit of a state consistency-wise. Fortunately, we've covered this ground before. :) *cuts* *pastes* Check the list archives for : "futex.. How to remove lots of duplicate packages" http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-March/thread.html#62319 "yum update killed on cleanup stage - anything to worry about?" http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2006-March/thread.html#62568 Will.