Hello Les, On Wed, 8 Feb 2012 11:51:33 -0600 Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:32 AM, wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote: > > > I think I've shutdown my box right in the middle of a yum update.. The > > latest kernel installed won't simple boot, and the old one can, but > > only in init 3 mode (tty). > > > > From a console, I wanted to complete the yum update and it suggested me > > to do a `yum-complete-transaction`. > > > > yum-complete-transaction tells me that 447 elements are left to run in 1 > > transaction, runs and show lots of "Removing <packagename> - ud from > > the transaction" then processes lots of stuff, and ends with listing > > lots of duplicate packages (mostly Xorg stuff) and.. and that's all. > > Same stuff if I start that command again. > > > > A `yum cleanup` doesn't change it. > > > > Any hint how I could get of that deadly loop? > > > > > Are you actually answering yes and letting it continue or stopping when you > see the list of things it needs to do? I tried both :-) (first time: no, second time: yes). Tried also `rpm --rebuilddb`, no effect. Will try `yum history sync` or `yum reinstall` or.. really reinstall. Regards, -- wwp -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20120208/779f8be7/attachment-0005.sig>