F12: Yum/Software Update hangs

[Kam Leo]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Daniel B. Thurman <dant at cdkkt.com> wrote:
> 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.

Instead of a random mirror you can specify the repository or
repositories to use in your .repo files. Find a repository that works
reliably for you and plug it in.