Tim, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 05/23/2012 04:41 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> Johnny Hughes wrote: <snip> >> 3. The real issue here is to make sure you figure out HOW you got in >> this position and how NOT to get into it again. > > I think I understand how it occurred. > I tried to yum-remove a package > (I don't remember which one, but it wasn't important) > and I was told that 300+ packages would be removed. > I wasn't sure it I would be asked yes/no to this > (I know now that I will always be asked to approve) > so I stopped the commend with ctrt-C. > Since then I have had these problems. I think you have bigger problems. I don't think that <ctrl-c> out of yum is the problem. One dumb question: what's the output of uname -a - *are* you running a 64-bit kernel? Have you tried yum clean all? mark