David Evennou wrote: > Hi Karanbir, > > Thanks for the tip. Are you using an email reader that you can set to > bottom post automatically? > > Thanks, > David > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karanbir Singh" <mail-lists at karan.org> > To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 7:30 PM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] yum freezing when removing old kernel > > >> 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. >> I use thunderbird and sometimes mutt, both can bottom post and quote properly. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq