[CentOS] yum freezing when removing old kernel

Sun Dec 9 00:30:54 UTC 2007
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

David Evennou wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> 
> I am experiencing the same problem on two of my systems running CentOS 
> 5. I get an error message after a long timeout, "could not retrieve 
> mirrorlist". Please let me know if you find a way around this problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave" <dmehler26 at woh.rr.com>
> To: <centos at centos.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 4:24 PM
> Subject: [CentOS] yum freezing when removing old kernel
> 
> 
>> Hello,
>>    Today i ran a yum update and installed kernel 2.6.18.53.1 from 
>> centosplus. I then rebooted to ensure i was running it. I was and went 
>> to remove the previous kernel and kernel-devel packages v2.6.18.53 
>> also from centosplus. In both cases yum gets to the running 
>> transaction check then hangs, i don't get any errors it just sits 
>> there. I have to manually kill the yum process to resolve this. This 
>> does not happen with any other package add/removals. Any suggestions?
>> Thanks.
>> Dave.

try running yum with -d9, and see if the extra info gives you more info, 
something that might help diagnose the issue. For issues such as 'could 
not retrieve mirrorlist, I'd suspect a network issue .

Also, try not to top post, it makes it hard to make sense our of what 
you are saying and how it relates to the previous email.

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