Re: FC1 up2date keeps hanging
From: Anon (Anon_at_nona.com)
Date: 10/31/04
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:39:48 -0400
On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:02:59 +0000, WCH wrote:
> I'm trying to update my installation of Fedora Core 1. I'm using the
> up2date utility, and it's finding a long list of updates, but when I select
> a list to update it will download for a few minutes and then hang in the
> middle of one. Not one in particular, just wherever it happens to be at the
> time, or so it seems.
>
> I have changed from the default d/l servers to mirrors that I tested and
> know work well. I've tried selecting all available updates, and I've tried
> choosing updates 4-5 at a time. The process hangs every time no matter
> what, and the utility won't close after it hangs, I have to log off to get
> it to stop. I tried skipping the first 5 or 10 altogether and updating
> packages from lower on the list, but that hangs too.
>
> What should I be doing differently to get this update process to work
> properly?
> WC
At the time of the hang, try opening a terminal or logging into another
session and then check your filesystems with a "df -k". Is your /tmp or
/var full? The total size of all updates in a session should not exceed
the size of you /tmp or /var filesystems.
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