[CentOS] yum install hangs

Tue Jul 7 00:55:00 UTC 2009
Carlos Santana <neubyr at gmail.com>

I am newbie, but I know diff in kill and kill -9.

Heres my o/p:
[root at localhost ~]# ps ax | grep yum
16794 ?        S      0:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof
17097 pts/1    S+     0:04 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof
18082 pts/3    S+     0:00 grep yum
[root at localhost ~]# kill -9 16794 17097
[root at localhost ~]# ps ax | grep yum
16794 ?        S      0:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof
17097 pts/1    S+     0:04 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof
18084 pts/3    S+     0:00 grep yum
[root at localhost ~]# killall -9 yum
[root at localhost ~]# ps ax | grep yum
16794 ?        S      0:05 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof
17097 pts/1    S+     0:04 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/yum install lsof
18087 pts/3    S+     0:00 grep yum

The /var/run/yum.pid does not exist (removed when I followed steps in
my 2'nd msg).

-
CS.

On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:47 PM, nate<centos at linuxpowered.net> wrote:
> Carlos Santana wrote:
>> As specified in my first message, I have tried that. Its not working.. :(
>
> You've specifically tried kill -9 ? That just doesn't make sense,
> I have never seen a process in a "S" state that did not die as
> a result of a kill -9. "D" state yes, "Z" state yes, "T" state maybe,
> but never ever "S" (or any variant of S).
>
> kill and kill -9 are not the same thing(sorry if it's obvious I
> don't know your level of expertise).
>
> nate
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>