Re: apt/dpkg + /var/lib/dpkg/status problems
Ok
Reboot didn't fix it.
But I commented a load of the sources out of my /etc/apt/sources.list,
did a apt-get update, and now it all works again.
I have now uncommented the sources I commented out, and it still works.
Very strange.
Thanks.
On Fri, 31 May 2002, Ben White wrote:
>
> I should have some free, half a gig physical, 1 gig swap or there abouts.
>
> My machine normally crashes whenever I exit X, (the nvidia drivers I've always assumed), but hasn't for a few days. I guess a reboot won't hurt.
>
> I'll see if I can test the ram with memtest86 while I'm out to lunch later.
>
> output from top:
> 11:29:26 up 3 days, 2:10, 16 users, load average: 0.05, 0.06, 0.08
> 132 processes: 130 sleeping, 1 running, 1 zombie, 0 stopped
> CPU states: 0.6% user, 2.6% system, 0.0% nice, 96.8% idle
> Mem: 514380K total, 498200K used, 16180K free, 46024K buffers
> Swap: 995988K total, 49708K used, 946280K free, 136016K cached
>
> On Fri, 31 May 2002, Rico -mc- Gloeckner wrote:
> > On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:16:15AM +0100, Ben White wrote:
> > > root@didge:/home/ben# apt-get install foo
> > > Reading Package Lists... Error!
> > > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> >
> > Do You have enough Memory (RAM, Swap)?
> >
> > > root@didge:/home/ben# apt-cache search foo
> > > Segmentation fault
> >
> > I'd strongly consider faulty RAM.
> >
> > (I have that with an old P200 of mine. Its about exactly every 21 Days
> > when apt-get starts segfaulting. After a reboot everything is working fine
> > again - faulty RAM, obviously.)
> >
> >
> > -rg
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