Yes it is a sensible guess that it was what I did that induced the error. That is why I attached a section of the root bash history log, and the current sources list file. Although I haven't run this command recently, I assume it was working before the 24th.
I updated my list of package servers, as I was getting lots of 404 errors At this point it said something to the effect of "not enuf room for the MMap" Via googling, I discover reducing the number of package servers solves this, so I did. I also deleted the package lists in /var/lib/apt/lists and /var/lib/apt/lists/partial to ensure it was coherent. It re-downloaded all the packages, and then segfaulted (sorry no more specific information) Rerun, reboot, then rerun, all generate the result (not that I expected the reboot to make any difference, but I thought I'd check) If I tell it to `apt-get clean` or `apt-get check` it also segfaults I have deleted all the buffers I am aware of /var/cache/apt/*.bin and /var/cache/apt/partial/* So this shouldn't be corrupt data **Are there any other potentionaly corrupt buffers I should delete?** **Is there an extra verbous-ness switch to provide more internal state information?** The sources list file /shouldn't/ induce any errors, as it passes your error checking, and is very simple. However it is the only file I manually editted. >>>> /etc/apt/sources.list >>>> #This sources.list was generated by apt-sources v2.20 # Copyright(c) 2001 by Danny Rodriguez # # The following site was benchmarked at 25.71 kB/s #deb ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/debian/ stable main # The following site was benchmarked at 23.94 kB/s #deb ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/debian/ stable contrib # The following site was benchmarked at 23.82 kB/s #deb ftp://ftp.tiscali.be/debian/ stable non-free #deb http://download.uk.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.1.1/Debian/ woody main #deb http://download.uk.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.1.1/Debian/ woody main source #deb ftp://kde.uk.themoes.org/pub/kde/stable/3.1.1/Debian/ woody main #deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1.1/Debian/ stable main #deb http://mysite.freeserve.com/cupis/debian/kde3 #deb ftp://download.uk.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.1.1/Debian/ woody main deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ stable main deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ woody main deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ testing main ########################################################################### # Below are sites you may want to consider adding but are commented out # # -----[ Uncomment below for HELIX CODE site (GNOME) ]----- # deb http://spidermonkey.ximian.com/distributions/debian unstable main # -----[ Uncomment below for KDE site (& Kdevelop) ]----- # deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main crypto optional qt1apps # -----[ Uncomment below for debian security ]----- # deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>> ~/.bash_history >>>>>>>>>> alias cpan='perl -MCPAN -e shell' cpan exit man get-apt man apt man apt-get apt-get update perl apt-get upgrade perl ping dns ping router ping dns apt-get update cd /etc dir cd apt dir gvim sources.list vim sources.list apt-get update reset whoami apt-get update vim sources.list apt-get update vim sources.list apt-get update vim sources.list apt-get update vim sources.list apt-get update vim sources.list apt-get update reset apt-get update vim sources.list apt-get update vim sources.list apt-get update du man df df -h dir /var/lib/apt dir /var/lib/apt/lists/ rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock dir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ rm /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/download.uk.kde.org_pub_kde_stable_3.1.1_Debian_dists_woody_main_binary-i386_* dir /var/lib/apt/lists/ rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp* rm /var/lib/apt/lists/download.* rm /var/lib/apt/lists/gd* dir /var/lib/apt/lists/ apt-get update vim sources.list dir /var/lib/apt/lists/ vim sources.list apt-get update man apt-get apt-get autoclean apt-get --list-cleanup dir /var/lib/apt/lists/ rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp* apt-get update ps shutdown -r now cd /etc/apt dir vim sources.list apt-get update dir /var/lib/apt/lists/ dir /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/ cat /var/lib/apt/lists/lock apt-get clean apt-get update rm /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp* dir /var/lib/apt/lists/ apt-get update apt-get check dir /var/cache/apt/ rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin dir /var/cache/apt/archives/ dir /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ apt-get update bug man bug exit <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< This is excessively long winded, but you don't come across as fond of ambiguity (sp?). If this was not the information you where after, please be more specific. Owen -- owen beresford [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin
