yum update failed

G.Wolfe Woodbury ggw at wolves.durham.nc.us
Wed Jun 28 13:57:03 UTC 2006


On Wed, Jun 28, 2006 at 12:39:57PM +0200, LarryT wrote:
> Hi there :)
> Just to say i had problem using yum after the first update. here what i 
> get :
> [root at ws044 ~]# yum update
> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
> Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting.
> [root at ws044 ~]#
> 
> Then i edited yum.pid and removed the first line, and save and it works...
> But this comes each time :( ---------> any solution please ?

Try restarting yum-updatesd [service restart yum-updatesd] as root.  I suspect
that you edited/changed/installed some repo data while it was running.

--Wolfe
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/attachments/20060628/bcfa472a/attachment.sig>


More information about the fedora-test-list mailing list