Dac Chartrand wrote: > Greetings. After doing: > > $ yum install mysql-server > $ /etc/init.d/mysqld start > > Yum is broken. Example: > > $ yum list php > Loading "fastestmirror" plugin > Loading "priorities" plugin > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * utterramblings: www.jasonlitka.com > * base: mirror.nuvio.com > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > [..snip..] > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/threading.py", line 416, in start > _start_new_thread(self.__bootstrap, ()) > thread.error: can't start new thread Are you running on a VPS? Do you have the yum-fastestmirror plugin enabled? If so: mysql *and* yum (with fastestmirror) take up quite a few threads on your system. Many vpses limit the number of threads which can be run in a vps instance. Try turning off yum-fastestmirror and look if yum works again. Cheers, Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081006/1a3cc395/attachment-0005.sig>