On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:25:06 -0500, Jim Perrin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED > <m_d_berger_1900 at yahoo.com> wrote: >> This is a continuation of the thread: >> "yum update fails: CentOS 5.2". >> >> I installed a fresh Centos 5.2 and ran yum update. >> >> It ran correctly, except for these issues: > > Okay, a few things to get out of the way first > > What's the output of the following commands? > > uname -a > rpm -Va python\* yum\* sqlite\* > rpm -qa python\* > > How much ram do you have in the box? > Have you installed any packages from 3rd party repositories? [root at mbrc21 ~]# uname -a Linux mbrc21 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 12:03:43 EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux [root at mbrc21 ~]# rpm -Va python\* yum\* sqlite\* [root at mbrc21 ~]# rpm -qa python\* python-ldap-2.2.0-2.1 python-devel-2.4.3-21.el5 python-numeric-23.7-2.2.2 python-2.4.3-21.el5 python-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5 python-elementtree-1.2.6-5 python-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1 python-urlgrabber-3.1.0-2 [root at mbrc21 ~]# As you can see, the second command got no response. >From top: Mem: 1035288k total Packages from 3rd party repositories: not yet, but will soon install some. Thanks for your help. Mike.