Off hand I would say that the old instance of yum wrote its pid to the file /var/run/yum.pid and the new one won't start because it thinks it is already running.
cat the file /var/run/yum.pid and see what number is in it. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin McMahon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: yum install prob I was doing a 'yum install mysql-devel' and it hung at about 3kb I rebooted and everytime I try it again or any other yum install I get this message: Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running. Aborting. What should I do? _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
