Re: "Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

[Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:22:40 -0700 (PDT)
"Mr. Jan Hearthstone" <hearthstone11@yahoo.com> wrote:

>    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?

Edit (or create, if you don't already have one) /etc/apt/apt.conf and
add the following line:
APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;

Save the file, run apt-get update and everything should be working
again.

HTH,
Jacob