Urpmi hanging

I have a server, running Spring 2007, that hangs on URPMI. Running it
in terminal gives:

[root@LizzyLinux donald]# urpmi --auto-update
medium "update_source" is up-to-date
medium "Main (Official2007.0-1)" is up-to-date
medium "Main Updates (Official2007.0-2)" is up-to-date
medium "Contrib (Official2007.0-5)" is up-to-date
medium "Contrib Updates (Official2007.0-6)" is up-to-date

At which point it hangs forever. I have removed the media, and re-added
them, to no avail. I have also waited for three hours for it to finish,
also to no avail.

Is there a way to force some sort of complete reset?

Donald

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:55:07 -0400, donald tees wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a server, running Spring 2007, that hangs on URPMI. Running it
> in terminal gives:
>
> At which point it hangs forever. I have removed the media, and re-added
> them, to no avail.[/color]

I assume you mean, you were able to re-add the media but still hangs.
[color=blue]
> I have also waited for three hours for it to finish, also to no avail.[/color]

I would do two things, from the command line. (1) update just the tools
and (2) use wget. In the command center, where you add/enable/disable the
mirrors, there is a Global option where you can set wget as default
for when you use the gui tools.

I have a script for updates. Instead of a mass command like you are
using, the scipt does things in steps. Return code/log checks, cause a
popup telling me what fails using xmessage.
That way I know where the problems are.

After updating the *hdlists.cz, It updates the package management
tools, then updates the other packages.

In your case, I would get a baseline of how long it takes for
*hdlist.cz updates. I would time the first line, and how long it takes
to compute updates before downloading by timing the last line to first
package fetch. You would then have a idea of how long you should have
to wait for your first download update.

urpmi.update --wget -a
urpmi --wget wget --auto
urpmi --wget rpm --auto
urpmi --wget urpmi --auto
urpmi --wget rpmdrake --auto
urpmi --wget --auto-select --auto

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Bit Twister wrote:[color=blue]
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:55:07 -0400, donald tees wrote:[color=green]
>> I have a server, running Spring 2007, that hangs on URPMI. Running it
>> in terminal gives:
>>
>> At which point it hangs forever. I have removed the media, and re-added
>> them, to no avail.[/color]
>
> I assume you mean, you were able to re-add the media but still hangs.[/color]

Yes.[color=blue]
>[color=green]
>> I have also waited for three hours for it to finish, also to no avail.[/color]
>
> I would do two things, from the command line. (1) update just the tools
> and (2) use wget. In the command center, where you add/enable/disable the
> mirrors, there is a Global option where you can set wget as default
> for when you use the gui tools.
>
> I have a script for updates. Instead of a mass command like you are
> using, the scipt does things in steps. Return code/log checks, cause a
> popup telling me what fails using xmessage.
> That way I know where the problems are.
>
> After updating the *hdlists.cz, It updates the package management
> tools, then updates the other packages.
>
> In your case, I would get a baseline of how long it takes for
> *hdlist.cz updates. I would time the first line, and how long it takes
> to compute updates before downloading by timing the last line to first
> package fetch. You would then have a idea of how long you should have
> to wait for your first download update.
>
> urpmi.update --wget -a
> urpmi --wget wget --auto
> urpmi --wget rpm --auto
> urpmi --wget urpmi --auto
> urpmi --wget rpmdrake --auto
> urpmi --wget --auto-select --auto
>[/color]

Each of these worked. The installation of wget.rpm,urpmi, and rpmdrake
each gave the message that the package was installed, then exited normally.

The final line (--auto-select --auto) hung for 1/2 hour, at which point
I killed it.

Donald

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:48:58 -0400, donald tees wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Each of these worked. The installation of wget.rpm,urpmi, and rpmdrake
> each gave the message that the package was installed, then exited normally.[/color]

That's normal, I only have an update once in a blue moon.

[color=blue]
> The final line (--auto-select --auto) hung for 1/2 hour, at which point
> I killed it.[/color]

What speed is the cpu and how much memory do you have.
You might check for swapping about every 5 minutes, run
free
in another terminal to see if swapping is going on.

Bit Twister wrote:[color=blue]
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:48:58 -0400, donald tees wrote:[color=green]
>> Each of these worked. The installation of wget.rpm,urpmi, and rpmdrake
>> each gave the message that the package was installed, then exited normally.[/color]
>
> That's normal, I only have an update once in a blue moon.
>
>[color=green]
>> The final line (--auto-select --auto) hung for 1/2 hour, at which point
>> I killed it.[/color]
>
> What speed is the cpu and how much memory do you have.
> You might check for swapping about every 5 minutes, run
> free
> in another terminal to see if swapping is going on.[/color]

free, without urpmi running, shows:
[root@donald-tees donald]# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 255768 243752 12016 0 3104 85596
-/+ buffers/cache: 155052 100716
Swap: 1630556 111300 1519256

After starting Urpmi in another terminal, it shows:
[root@donald-tees donald]# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 255768 251856 3912 0 2168 66012
-/+ buffers/cache: 183676 72092
Swap: 1630556 111300 1519256
[root@donald-tees donald]#

It is an old Pentium III, running at 1 GHTZ.

Donald

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:37:15 -0400, donald tees wrote:
[color=blue]
> After starting Urpmi in another terminal, it shows:
> [root@donald-tees donald]# free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 255768 251856 3912 0 2168 66012
> -/+ buffers/cache: 183676 72092
> Swap: 1630556 111300 1519256
> [root@donald-tees donald]#
>
> It is an old Pentium III, running at 1 GHTZ.[/color]

Well, that bites, there is no swapping and your system is twice as
fast as my firewall. A quick look on my firewall

$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 255992 215744 40248 0 52272 113868
-/+ buffers/cache: 49604 206388
Swap: 522072 0 522072

Snippet from cat /proc/cpuinfo
model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
stepping : 12
cpu MHz : 451.103
cache size : 64 KB

And I ran the commands given starting at
Tue Jun 26 13:58:01 CDT 2007

Jun 26 14:02:30 fw urpmi: called with: --wget --auto-select --auto

which completed
# date
Tue Jun 26 14:04:45 CDT 2007

The only other thing I have done is use MCC to disable my removable media.
See <================================= characters I added for visual aide.


# cat /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
{
downloader: wget
verify-rpm: 1
}

Installation\ CD\ 1 removable://mnt/cdrom/i586/media/main {
hdlist: hdlist.Installation CD 1.cz
ignore <=================================
key-ids: 26752624
removable: /dev/hdc
static
with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
}

Installation\ CD\ 2 removable://mnt/cdrom/i586/media/main2 {
hdlist: hdlist.Installation CD 2.cz
ignore <=================================
key-ids: 26752624
removable: /dev/hdc
static
with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
}

Installation\ CD\ 3 removable://mnt/cdrom/i586/media/main3 {
hdlist: hdlist.Installation CD 3.cz
ignore <=================================
key-ids: 26752624
removable: /dev/hdc
static
with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
}

# cat /etc/release
Mandriva Linux release 2007.0 (Official) for i586

$ uname -a
Linux fw.home.invalid 2.6.17-8mdvlegacy
#1 SMP Tue Dec 19 12:14:23 MST 2006 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor GNU/Linux

You might want to look through /var/log/messages to verify you are
not getting a bunch of hardware/software complaints.

May not hurt to run memtest overnight.

I assume you deleted all mirrors before adding them back. Then
the only other thing I can think of would be to rebuild the rpm database.
Which may take awhile.
Looking through my notes suggests two methods.

rpm --rebuilddb
rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* ; rpm --rebuilddb

I would not interrupt either if me.

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Bit Twister wrote:[color=blue]
> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:37:15 -0400, donald tees wrote:
>[color=green]
>> After starting Urpmi in another terminal, it shows:
>> [root@donald-tees donald]# free
>> total used free shared buffers cached
>> Mem: 255768 251856 3912 0 2168 66012
>> -/+ buffers/cache: 183676 72092
>> Swap: 1630556 111300 1519256
>> [root@donald-tees donald]#
>>
>> It is an old Pentium III, running at 1 GHTZ.[/color]
>
> Well, that bites, there is no swapping and your system is twice as
> fast as my firewall. A quick look on my firewall
>
> $ free
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 255992 215744 40248 0 52272 113868
> -/+ buffers/cache: 49604 206388
> Swap: 522072 0 522072
>
> Snippet from cat /proc/cpuinfo
> model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
> stepping : 12
> cpu MHz : 451.103
> cache size : 64 KB
>
> And I ran the commands given starting at
> Tue Jun 26 13:58:01 CDT 2007
>
> Jun 26 14:02:30 fw urpmi: called with: --wget --auto-select --auto
>
> which completed
> # date
> Tue Jun 26 14:04:45 CDT 2007
>
> The only other thing I have done is use MCC to disable my removable media.
> See <================================= characters I added for visual aide.
>
>
> # cat /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
> {
> downloader: wget
> verify-rpm: 1
> }
>
> Installation\ CD\ 1 removable://mnt/cdrom/i586/media/main {
> hdlist: hdlist.Installation CD 1.cz
> ignore <=================================
> key-ids: 26752624
> removable: /dev/hdc
> static
> with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
> }
>
> Installation\ CD\ 2 removable://mnt/cdrom/i586/media/main2 {
> hdlist: hdlist.Installation CD 2.cz
> ignore <=================================
> key-ids: 26752624
> removable: /dev/hdc
> static
> with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
> }
>
> Installation\ CD\ 3 removable://mnt/cdrom/i586/media/main3 {
> hdlist: hdlist.Installation CD 3.cz
> ignore <=================================
> key-ids: 26752624
> removable: /dev/hdc
> static
> with_hdlist: media_info/hdlist.cz
> }
>
> # cat /etc/release
> Mandriva Linux release 2007.0 (Official) for i586
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux fw.home.invalid 2.6.17-8mdvlegacy
> #1 SMP Tue Dec 19 12:14:23 MST 2006 i586 AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor GNU/Linux
>
> You might want to look through /var/log/messages to verify you are
> not getting a bunch of hardware/software complaints.
>
> May not hurt to run memtest overnight.
>
> I assume you deleted all mirrors before adding them back. Then
> the only other thing I can think of would be to rebuild the rpm database.
> Which may take awhile.
> Looking through my notes suggests two methods.
>
> rpm --rebuilddb
> rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* ; rpm --rebuilddb
>[/color]

Tried the rebuild, and it appeared to work.

However, URPMI --auto-update Still hangs forever.

I hate to have to re-install everything, but it is getting to the point
that is the only thing left.

Donald