up2date hangs

[Thorsten Keissner]

Hi,

I have a problem with the up2date service. If I start an update of a 
package the following popup comes "Testing package set / solving RPM 
inter-dependencies". After this the up2date-agent hangs!!

Does someone knows this problem?

Thorsten

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am So, den 01.02.2004 schrieb Thorsten Keissner um 17:17:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with the up2date service. If I start an update of a 
> package the following popup comes "Testing package set / solving RPM 
> inter-dependencies". After this the up2date-agent hangs!!
>
> Does someone knows this problem?
>
> Thorsten

Accessing the rpm database works, like "rpm -qa | grep kernel"? If not,
you face the old rpm bug and you will have to run "rm -f __db.00?; rpm
--rebuilddb".

My experience is that the checking for dependencies during up2date
process may take quite some time. So be patient enough.

I hope you use a mirror server for up2date.

Alexander

[John McBride]

Thorsten Keissner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with the up2date service. If I start an update of a 
> package the following popup comes "Testing package set / solving RPM 
> inter-dependencies". After this the up2date-agent hangs!!
>
> Does someone knows this problem?
>
> Thorsten

If you are using yum via the unoffical fedora faq, and/or the livna 
repositories, I think it could cause this.

I'm using the yum.conf from the UFAQ at fedora.artoo.net and my up2date 
button went red last night for "xmms-mp3". Up2date hung just as you 
describe.

Running it from the command line ("# yum update") resulted in a circular 
dependency loop for xmms and xmms-mp3....I've posted elsewhere about it.

Could be the same for you?

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John