On Wed, 2012-02-08 at 15:22 +0100, wwp wrote: > Hello Ljubomir, > > > On Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:06:44 +0100 Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs> wrote: > > > On 02/08/2012 11:32 AM, wwp wrote: > > > Hello there, > > > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > "yum history list" will give you of last yum transaction (highest > > number). Use that number in: > > > > "yum history undo <number>", "yum history redo <number>" or "yum history > > rollback <number>" > > > > Read "man yum" for differences between commands if necessary. > > Hm. Since I use CentOS (was using Fedora before) I discover some yum > advanced features, thanks for teaching me, Ljubomir :-). You may want to try the package-cleanup command. package-cleanup --problems could be the first thing to try Louis