[CentOS] yum freezing when removing old kernel

Mon Dec 10 01:42:52 UTC 2007
Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org>

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.

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