F12: Yum/Software Update hangs

[Daniel B. Thurman]

On 02/20/2010 08:44 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> --- 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
>   
Uh, so do I...

# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit

The problem is still there....

It's just not consistent.