[CentOS] Problem with yum

[Bowie Bailey]

 On 7/19/2010 4:00 PM, James Hogarth wrote:
>
> With the kernel logging an out of memory error? My first instinct
> would be to check free to see the status of RAM and swap and perhaps
> end unnecessary processes..
>
> James
>
> Sent from Android mobile
>
> On 19 Jul 2010 20:18, "Bowie Bailey" <Bowie_Bailey at buc.com
> <mailto:Bowie_Bailey at buc.com>> wrote:
> > On 7/19/2010 1:00 PM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> >> I am experiencing a problem with yum on one of my CentOS-5.5
> >> systems. Specifically, on Friday past (July 16), I ran yum update
> >> as root. Yum displayed all of the outdated packages and asked if I
> >> wanted to proceed. An answered yes. This first package downloaded
> >> was nss. At this point yum simply stopped processing or responding.
> >> A ctrl-c at the yum session terminal window did not interrupt the
> >> task. Top did not display any yum processes.
> >>
> >> I killed that particular process to regain the console session, but
> >> I had to use -9 because nothing else worked. Yum continues to
> >> behave in this strange manner. Any invocation of yum with any
> >> option just stops responding.
> >>
> >> Before I manually remove yum and reinstall it using rpm could anyone
> >> provide a clue as to what might be happening here and how it might
> >> be cured. I found this one entry from yum in the log files:
> >>
> >> /var/log/messages.1:Jul 16 00:14:43 gway01 kernel: Out of memory:
> >> Killed process 1380, UID 0, (yum-updatesd-he).
> >>
> >> However, this entry occurred some time before I attempted my update
> >> task later that same morning.
> >>
> >> I would like to be directly copied on any replies as I am a digest
> >> subscriber.
> >
> > My first attempt would be to do a "yum clean all" and then try it again.
>
> With the kernel logging an out of memory error? My first instinct
> would be to check free to see the status of RAM and swap and perhaps
> end unnecessary processes..
>

Ahh...  I must have missed that.

So if memory is the problem, then check your RAM as James suggested. 
Run 'free' and see how much free memory you have.

On the other hand, it's still a good idea to clean out yum's databases
from time to time.

-- 
Bowie
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