Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-07-01 Thread g
hi Tim, On 06/30/14 15:41, Tim wrote: Tim: Yes, that's it. When I looked at the man file, a little while ago, it just didn't jump out at me as batch mode being a cooked output. do not feel bad. my 'chemo brain' did not recall what i had used several years ago. i had to do a search for

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-07-01 Thread Tim
Tim: As far as the original poster was concerned, I was thinking that getting a text file created would be less of a problem than taking a screenshot, on a system where the CPU was being pegged. It can also be easier to post pasted text to a mailing list, than deal with uploading and linking

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-30 Thread Tim
Tim: Might be easier to just pipe the text output from top to a file, a few times, and post those text files. JD: that would contain cursor postioning codes which would really mess up the text file. As the adage says: A picture tells a thousand words. Hmm, I thought top had an option for a

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-30 Thread Tony Nelson
On 14-06-30 09:19:13, Tim wrote: ... Hmm, I thought top had an option for a plain text output, but I can't see anything suitable in the man file. ... -b top -bn4 topout -- TonyN.:'

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-30 Thread g
On 06/30/14 08:19, Tim wrote: Hmm, I thought top had an option for a plain text output, but I can't see anything suitable in the man file. Maybe, long ago, when I did something like that, I just did less -R output (output being the top text file). are you thinking of: -b : Batch

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-30 Thread g
On 06/30/14 10:59, Tony Nelson wrote: On 14-06-30 09:19:13, Tim wrote: ... Hmm, I thought top had an option for a plain text output, but I can't see anything suitable in the man file. ... -b top -bn4 topout i guess i should have run a fresh download before posting. :-) -- peace

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-30 Thread Tim
Tim: Hmm, I thought top had an option for a plain text output, but I can't see anything suitable in the man file. Maybe, long ago, when I did something like that, I just did less -R output (output being the top text file). g: are you thinking of: -b : Batch mode operation

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-29 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2014-06-28 at 18:54 -0600, JD wrote: Thus I will set up 4 gnome terminals on a desktop workspace. 1 will run yum, 2 will run top, 3 will run iotop and in 4 I will issue the command /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot ​ -f /tmp/screen.jpg Might be easier to just pipe the text output from top

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-29 Thread JD
On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Tim ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au wrote: On Sat, 2014-06-28 at 18:54 -0600, JD wrote: Thus I will set up 4 gnome terminals on a desktop workspace. 1 will run yum, 2 will run top, 3 will run iotop and in 4 I will issue the command /usr/bin/gnome-screenshot

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:02:20 -0600, JD wrote: FC20. I ran yum -y update. After all the files were downloaded, the delta processing started. From there on, all the way through to the end of installation and cleanup, cpu was 99.99% taken up by the update process, and the entire desktop

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-28 Thread JD
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Michael Schwendt mschwe...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:02:20 -0600, JD wrote: FC20. I ran yum -y update. After all the files were downloaded, the delta processing started. From there on, all the way through to the end of installation and

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-28 Thread g
On 06/28/14 12:43, JD wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Michael Schwendt mschwe...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:02:20 -0600, JD wrote: and the entire desktop became unresponsive. I was unable to switch display windows, of which I had 6. The next time I do an update,

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-28 Thread JD
On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 4:19 PM, g gel...@bellsouth.net wrote: On 06/28/14 12:43, JD wrote: On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 3:18 AM, Michael Schwendt mschwe...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:02:20 -0600, JD wrote: and the entire desktop became unresponsive. I was unable to switch

Re: yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-28 Thread g
On 06/28/14 19:54, JD wrote: Very valid question. thank you. ;-) The gui desktop becomes unresponsive. But strangely enough if I have say 2 gnome terminals open in a workspace, then I am indeed able to issue commands in the gnome-terminal that is not running yum update. Thus I will set

yum update took 99.99% of cpu

2014-06-27 Thread JD
FC20. I ran yum -y update. After all the files were downloaded, the delta processing started. From there on, all the way through to the end of installation and cleanup, cpu was 99.99% taken up by the update process, and the entire desktop became unresponsive. I was unable to switch display