Re: problem with apt-get ?

[Bruno Buys <brunobuys@gmail.com>]

Mehmet Fatih AKBULUT wrote:

> hi all,
> i cannot apt-get update, upgrade or apt-cache search.
> get errors below :
>
> debian:~# apt-cache search <any package>
> E: Couldn't make mmap of 134217728 bytes - mmap (12 Cannot allocate 
> memory)
> W: Unable to munmap
>
>
> debian:~# apt-get update
> .
> .
>
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Couldn't make mmap of 134217728 bytes - mmap (12 Cannot allocate 
> memory)
> W: Unable to munmap
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Couldn't make mmap of 134217728 bytes - mmap (12 Cannot allocate 
> memory)
> W: Unable to munmap
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Couldn't make mmap of 134217728 bytes - mmap (12 Cannot allocate 
> memory)
> W: Unable to munmap
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>
> how can i fix this problem ? and be able to use apt-get as did in the 
> past ?
> thanks in advance.
> bye.

Did you have any forced reboot recently? I'd try to run fsck on these 
filesystems, just to make sure.