On Fri Sep 01 02:19:45 PM, Zube wrote: > Following up to my own message, upgrades to 4.4 have been much smoother > with: > > yum update yum sqlite python-sqlite ; yum update > > I've yet to experience a hang using this. Many thanks to Karanbir Singh > for the suggestion. I spoke too soon. This hung as well on another machine. A trace of the process reveals the dreaded futex: futex(0xaa2cd28, FUTEX_WAIT, 1, NULL The machines where this happened are all identical: Gateway E-1800, Celeron 1300 MHz stepping 01, Maxtor 2B020H1 ATA, 512 MB memory Zube