F12: Yum/Software Update hangs

[Patrick Bartek]

--- On Sat, 2/20/10, Daniel B. Thurman <dant at cdkkt.com> 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.

I initially got the same thing with the mirror connection timing out, and yum switching to another mirror.  I installed the yum-plugin-fastestmirror plugin and that eliminated the stalling.

I also have presto and refresh-packagekit plugins installed.

B