Re: "Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

[Tim Gunning <timg@profero.com>]

Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
> --- Steven Jones <Steven.Jones@vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
>
>
> > Did you just try updating a woody box to sarge
> > sources.list?
> >
> > If so take the lines out and update again.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Thing
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mr. Jan Hearthstone
> > [mailto:hearthstone11@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2004 4:23 p.m.
> > To: debian-user-digest@lists.debian.org
> > Subject: "Dynamic MMap ran out of room"
> >
> >
> >   I am geting a mesage from "apt-get" that: ...
> >   "Reading Package Lists... Error!
> >   E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> >   E: Read error - read (14 Bad address)
> >   E: The package lists or status file could not be
> > parsed or opened."
> >
> >   I don't get any xwindows, so whatever I am going
> > to
> > do to at least salvage some of my files will have to
> > happen from the consoles.
> >  What should I do?
> >  Thanks, Hearthstone.
>
>
> I restored the sources.list to its original state, did
> "apt-get update", but it's the same.
>   Thnx, Hearthstone.
>
> =====


you need to add the line into the /etc/apt/apt.conf file.
create the file if it doesnt exiast eg: vi /etc/apt/apt.conf

and then on the first line it add in

go see this for an example
#
http://www.st.jyu.fi/~juhtolv/configs/apt/apt.conf

or from cmd line

apt-get -o APT::Cache-Limit=16777216 update

sets it 16mb

hth

tim