Re: "Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

[David Clymer <david@zettazebra.com>]

On Tue, 2004-09-28 at 00:22, Mr. Jan Hearthstone 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?
>   Thanks, Hearthstone.
> 

Perhaps this is a bit rude, but...I dont think you googled this at all.
If this isnt your normal habit, please make it one. This is a question
that a search engine and a few keystrokes solved for me a while back.

Remove several apt sources, or

in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00<your favorite filename here>, add:

APT::Cache-Limit "<some big number here (in bytes)>";

Increase the number until the problem goes away.

-davidc