yum update failed

LarryT guess.who at freesurf.fr
Tue Jul 11 16:22:42 UTC 2006


LarryT wrote:
> G.Wolfe Woodbury wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:39:57PM +0200, LarryT wrote:
>>  
>>> Hi there :)
>>> Just to say i had problem using yum after the first update. here 
>>> what i get :
>>> [root at ws044 ~]# yum update
>>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>>> Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting.
>>> [root at ws044 ~]#
>>>
>>> Then i edited yum.pid and removed the first line, and save and it 
>>> works...
>>> But this comes each time :( ---------> any solution please ?
>>>     
>>
>> Try restarting yum-updatesd [service restart yum-updatesd] as root.  
>> I suspect
>> that you edited/changed/installed some repo data while it was running.
>>
>> --Wolfe
>>   
> Yes it works for me :)
> thx :
>> [root at ws044 ~]# yum install yumex
>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>> Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting.
>> [root at ws044 ~]# service yum-updatesd restart
>> Stopping yum-updatesd:                                     [  OK  ]
>> Starting yum-updatesd:                                     [  OK  ]
>> [root at ws044 ~]# yum install yumex
>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>> Setting up Install Process
> and so on ...
>
>
> ---
> Larry
> "Computers are like air conditioners - They stop working properly when 
> you open Windows !" :-P
>
>
Just to add that EACH time i have to restart yum-updatesd (service 
yum-updatesd restart), if i want to run "yum update", even after login 
or reboot ... Does it come from yum or something else ?
Is there somethink to do to stop this ?

-- 
Larry
"Computers are like air conditioners - They stop working properly when you open Windows !" :-P




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