Re: Red Hat Network/Up2date - hangs?
From: ric_man (rdefrance_NO_SPAM__at__NO_SPAM_gmail.com)
Date: 02/26/05
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Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:53:47 +1100
epigram wrote:
> I installed Fedora 3 yesterday and all went fine. I then figured there must
> be some sort of update facility for the OS. I stumbled upon the Red Hat
> Network utility and decided to run it. Since I really had no idea I was
> doing, I just checked all channels and subsequent packages as I went through
> the "wizard" screens. It downloaded for a really long time and then
> appeared to start installing the udpates. It seems to have hung at some
> point yesterday, because when I came in this morning the up2date program was
> still up, but was not responding. So, I killed the process.
>
> I am running it again but trying to select only one package at a time to see
> if that makes a difference. Any help on what may have caused the lock up
> and/or how I should go about the update process would be much appreciated.
Try this link:
http://www.fedorafaq.org/#installsoftware
It suggests using yum. I recently installed Fedora Core 3, and noticed
it took a long time to contact up2date and do what it had to do. I
googled and found the link above.
HTH,
...Ric
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