F12: Yum/Software Update hangs

[Les]

On Sat, 2010-02-20 at 13:07 -0800, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
> Seems to me, that Yum/Software Update programs
> hangs from time to time.
> 
> With Yum, a remote connection would sometimes hang
> but then timeout and retry again.  Seems this is not
> happening.
> 
> For Software Update, sometimes hangs occuring during
> downloads, and other times in cleanups.  The spinner
> stays on forever and forces one to terminate the program
> via the kill command.
> 
> Dan
> 
I am having a similar problem along with some server disconnect
messages.  I suspect that in my case they are related.

Regards,
Les H