> Q. How do you know when yum (or another command) is hosed, when you > don't get any output? Do you guys run commands with verbose output > specifically for this?
Going for 'strace' is a common next step, to see where it might be hanging. strace will show you the kernel calls. Just: strace yum install whatever Be warned, it can produce a lot of output. You can redirect that, though: strace -o /tmp/yum.log yum install whatever Based upon the log, you might find a network connection timing out (e.g. a connect() connect) or a filesystem hanging (in open()), for example. -Kevin -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
