Re: Feed-back please. Problem.
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Dave McDonald wrote:
Could people give more feedback please.
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> I am running on a dual Intel PentiuumPro 200 machine with 64 Mb RAM
> (sometimes with 128 Mb swap turned on, sometimes with it turned off).
>
> I see that Ben Armstrong has an AMD machine as have you. It's too early
> to tell, but is it possible that the problem might be related to
> differences in the AMD instruction set?
Same thinking as myself.
> Does anyone know how APT was compiled?
>
> Perhaps you could compile APT again on your machine for your achitecture
> and see if that makes any difference.
I will try testing on my Pentium 233 later today (it is busy at the
moment) and see how it goes.
Phil.
> Philip Charles wrote:
> >
> > I am having problems with apt and I would like to know if people are
> > having the same difficulties using apt with the Hurd.
> >
> > After rebooting, apt-get update works well, as does apt-get install foo -
> > once. The next time it locks up at "Reading Package lists ... 0" and I
> > have to reboot. It seems to be getting worse.
> >
> > My test machine is an AMD 5 with 32 Mb RAM and 100MB swap. I am beginning
> > to suspect my hardware.
> >
> > I need to identify the cause of this problem as I am trying to produce
> > the next series of CDs.
> >
> > If you are not having this problem, I would still like to hear from you.
> > A solution would even be better!
> >
> > Phil.
> >
> > -
> > Philip Charles; 39a Paterson St., Dunedin, New Zealand; +64 3 4882818
> > Mobile 025 267 9420. I sell GNU/Linux CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz
> > philipc@copyleft.co.nz - preferred. philipc@debian.org
> >
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Philip Charles; 39a Paterson St., Dunedin, New Zealand; +64 3 4882818
Mobile 025 267 9420. I sell GNU/Linux CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz
philipc@copyleft.co.nz - preferred. philipc@debian.org
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