fedora12, yum not releasing "lock" after performing an action

fedora12, yum not releasing "lock" after performing an action This problem has been occurring quite frequently recently and I can't seem to find a way of preventing it. Whenever I perform an action with yum such as to install or remove software, it appears to execute successfully but then I'm unable to move onto the next yum command
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"Kernel version : 2.6.31.6-166.fc12.x86_64
Any ideas how I can prevent this behaviour?

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Run

# gnome-system-monitor

(actually, I don't think it HAS to be root level access, but that's how I usually run it.)

On the Processes tab, select the PackageKit entry and click End Process.

If there are multiple PackageKit entries (such as plugins), repeat that step.

Now run the yum command[s] you desire and yum should be able to get the lock before PackageKit's update check starts again.

Of course, if you've never installed that tool, first you need to run

# yum install gnome-system-monitor

while PackageKit does not have the yellowdog update monitor's files locked.
I think that tool works much better (for this purpose, anyway) than kill or killall."