Dependencies check (in Up2date) takes for ever in my "Seawolf" system.

I have recently installed Red Hat Linux, Ver.7.1 (Seawolf) onto a hard 
disk drive partition of my laptop (I need it in order to use some 
business software, that is certified for this version of the Operating 
System).

When I am trying to update the system from RHN, I reach up to the point, 
where it checks for dependencies between the various RPM packages and it 
never goes past this step. The CPU load applet (and "top") indicates a 
near 100% load, however, I can't install any package update (even if I 
select only one - small - package to update).

Has anybody else encountered the same problem? Is there something I 
should do in order to resolve this?

Regards & TIA,
-- 
Panos Platon Tsapralis,
SAP-R/3 specialist, ABAP/4 developer,
Registered Linux User #305894,
Mozilla Mail Handler on Red Hat Linux 7.1 (SeaWolf),
Athens, GREECE,
cell-phone: +306946462857,
e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]