Re: unable to install anything
> Curtis Vaughan wrote:
>
>> On 02 Aug, 2004, at 16:07, Zaq Rizer wrote:
>>
>>> Curtis Vaughan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02 Aug, 2004, at 13:59, Zachary Rizer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> --- Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Whenever I try to install any package or update, I
>>>>>> get an error,
>>>>>> details of which are provided below.
>>>>>> This is just an example of the point at which an
>>>>>> upgrade terminates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Preparing to replace base-files 3.0.16 (using
>>>>>>> .../base-files_3.1_i386.deb) ...
>>>>>>> dpkg: error processing
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1_i386.deb
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (--unpack):
>>>>>>> fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
>>>>>>> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>>>>>>> fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
>>>>>>> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>>>>>>> fork failed: Cannot allocate memory
>>>>>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>>>>>> /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_3.1_i386.deb
>>>>>>> Processing was halted because there were too many
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> errors.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> code (1)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas what's up and how to fix it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Curtis Vaughan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> WashTech (CWA Local 37083)
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> It's exactly what it says it is: You're out of memory.
>>>>>
>>>> I don't think that's possible:
>>>>
>>>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
>>>> /dev/hda2 37G 23G 12G 66% /
>>>> proc 0 0 0 - /proc
>>>> sysfs 0 0 0 - /sys
>>>> devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts
>>>> tmpfs 59M 0 59M 0% /dev/shm
>>>> /dev/hdb1 37G 23G 13G 66% /music
>>>>
>>>> Curtis Vaughan
>>>>
>>>>
>>> No...I said "memory". Memory != Storage.
>>> Memory is RAM, not hard drive space.
>>> Try 'free -m', instead of 'df -h'.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Zaq
>>>
>>
>> Oh, man! Here's my output of 'free -m':
>>
>> Mem: 116 112 4 0 1
>> 35
>> -/+ buffers/cache: 75 41
>> Swap: 0 0 0
>>
>> and here's what 'top' shows:
>>
>> Mem: 119048k total, 115540k used, 3508k free, 1896k buffers
>> Swap: 0k total, 0k used, 0k free, 35804k cached
>>
>> Why don't I have any swap memory?
>>
>> Curtis
>>
>>
> Because you didn't set up a swap partition, undoubtedly...
>
Of course I set up a swap partition. This computer has been running for
years with a swap partition. Tomorrow I can tell you exactly what size I
even gave it. However, I recently decided to update to sarge. I thought
everything was running fine. But I noticed it seemed to crash at times.
Something totally unexpected for Linux, particularly Debian. Only now
have I noticed that I seemingly have no swap partition. So, what could
have possibly cause the swap to disappear when upgrading to sarge
(testing)?
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