Re: Aptitude behaving strangely
Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:46:15 -0400 Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi, My aptitude (uptodate Sid) has been behaving rather strangely lately. When doing updates, it seems to always hang for long periods of time while displaying the line: 99% [5 Packages 4308] or similar. No processor, network or HDD usage seems to be occurring. --snip-- Yes. Started yesterday, here. I tried again then morning and it was still hanging at 12 PM EST when I finally was able to finish the upgrade. Wayne I don't seem to have it quite as bad as you; my updates often do finish (I sometimes kill them and just try again) after mysteriously hanging for a couple of minutes. Today I did a (possibly) successful one and pulled in about 64MB of upgrades. Did a testing and etch upgrade yesterday and overnight. Both completed in about the normal time, for me. Seems the problem (?) has been fixed. /* cross fingers */ Wayne -- What this country needs is a good five cent microcomputer. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Aptitude behaving strangely
On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:31:06 -0400 Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:46:15 -0400 Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi, My aptitude (uptodate Sid) has been behaving rather strangely lately. When doing updates, it seems to always hang for long periods of time while displaying the line: 99% [5 Packages 4308] or similar. No processor, network or HDD usage seems to be occurring. --snip-- Yes. Started yesterday, here. I tried again then morning and it was still hanging at 12 PM EST when I finally was able to finish the upgrade. Wayne I don't seem to have it quite as bad as you; my updates often do finish (I sometimes kill them and just try again) after mysteriously hanging for a couple of minutes. Today I did a (possibly) successful one and pulled in about 64MB of upgrades. Did a testing and etch upgrade yesterday and overnight. Both completed in about the normal time, for me. Seems the problem (?) has been fixed. /* cross fingers */ I had the morning's successful update / upgrade, but just now experienced the strange hang on the 'Packages' line. It did clear up and complete within a couple of minutes, though. Wayne Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Aptitude behaving strangely
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:46:15 -0400 Wayne Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi, My aptitude (uptodate Sid) has been behaving rather strangely lately. When doing updates, it seems to always hang for long periods of time while displaying the line: 99% [5 Packages 4308] or similar. No processor, network or HDD usage seems to be occurring. It subsequently generally finishes okay, although I'm not sure it is always completing the update successfully (all packages I have manually checked against p.d.o seem to be at the latest version, but I haven't been very systematic about it). It also seems to be overall more sluggish and erratic. I know this is very vague and unhelpful, but I was just wondering if anyone has been seeing anything like this. I've tried playing with sources.list, but I get similar results no matter which mirror I use (I've only tried a few), and even with apt-get. Yes. Started yesterday, here. I tried again then morning and it was still hanging at 12 PM EST when I finally was able to finish the upgrade. Wayne I don't seem to have it quite as bad as you; my updates often do finish (I sometimes kill them and just try again) after mysteriously hanging for a couple of minutes. Today I did a (possibly) successful one and pulled in about 64MB of upgrades. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aptitude behaving strangely
Hi, My aptitude (uptodate Sid) has been behaving rather strangely lately. When doing updates, it seems to always hang for long periods of time while displaying the line: 99% [5 Packages 4308] or similar. No processor, network or HDD usage seems to be occurring. It subsequently generally finishes okay, although I'm not sure it is always completing the update successfully (all packages I have manually checked against p.d.o seem to be at the latest version, but I haven't been very systematic about it). It also seems to be overall more sluggish and erratic. I know this is very vague and unhelpful, but I was just wondering if anyone has been seeing anything like this. I've tried playing with sources.list, but I get similar results no matter which mirror I use (I've only tried a few), and even with apt-get. Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Aptitude behaving strangely
Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi, My aptitude (uptodate Sid) has been behaving rather strangely lately. When doing updates, it seems to always hang for long periods of time while displaying the line: 99% [5 Packages 4308] or similar. No processor, network or HDD usage seems to be occurring. It subsequently generally finishes okay, although I'm not sure it is always completing the update successfully (all packages I have manually checked against p.d.o seem to be at the latest version, but I haven't been very systematic about it). It also seems to be overall more sluggish and erratic. I know this is very vague and unhelpful, but I was just wondering if anyone has been seeing anything like this. I've tried playing with sources.list, but I get similar results no matter which mirror I use (I've only tried a few), and even with apt-get. Yes. Started yesterday, here. I tried again then morning and it was still hanging at 12 PM EST when I finally was able to finish the upgrade. Wayne -- Think of your family tonight. Try to crawl home after the computer crashes. ___ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Aptitude behaving strangely
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 06:46:15PM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote: Celejar([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: Hi, My aptitude (uptodate Sid) has been behaving rather strangely lately. When doing updates, it seems to always hang for long periods of time while displaying the line: 99% [5 Packages 4308] or similar. No processor, network or HDD usage seems to be occurring. It subsequently generally finishes okay, although I'm not sure it is always completing the update successfully (all packages I have manually checked against p.d.o seem to be at the latest version, but I haven't been very systematic about it). It also seems to be overall more sluggish and erratic. I know this is very vague and unhelpful, but I was just wondering if anyone has been seeing anything like this. I've tried playing with sources.list, but I get similar results no matter which mirror I use (I've only tried a few), and even with apt-get. Yes. Started yesterday, here. I tried again then morning and it was still hanging at 12 PM EST when I finally was able to finish the upgrade. hmmm... this may explain why my cron-apt bombed last night. In fact I found 2 instances of cron-apt running and an aptitude that appeared to have been in existence for quite a while. note that this is an etch install though. But I wonder if its something on the server side? A signature.asc Description: Digital signature
