apt too big for its britches
What, exactly, is running out of room here? I'm fine on memory and disk space. Please copy to me, I'm no longer on the list. Rob 10:43 $ sudo apt-get -u upgrade Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing escputil (NewFileVer1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. 10:43 $ free -m total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem: 125122 3 38 35 46 -/+ buffers/cache: 40 84 Swap: 62 0 62 10:43 $ df -h FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 57M 33M 21M 60% / /dev/hda7 484M 138M 321M 30% /var /dev/hdb6 1.3G 1.1G 211M 84% /usr /dev/hda1 484M 216M 243M 47% /usr/share/doc /dev/hda8 1.3G 1.1G 128M 90% /usr/local /dev/hdb5 486M 176M 285M 39% /usr/src /dev/hdb7 1.3G 1.1G 137M 90% /home /dev/hdb1 2.9G 2.0G 754M 74% /home/alphenglor/burn /dev/cdrom5.7M 5.7M 0 100% /cdrom -- HOST SYSTEM NOT RESPONDING, PROBABLY DOWN. DO YOU WANT TO WAIT? (Y/N) pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: apt too big for its britches
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 05:00:57PM +0200, Rob Mahurin wrote: What, exactly, is running out of room here? I'm fine on memory and disk space. 10:43 $ sudo apt-get -u upgrade Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing escputil (NewFileVer1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. AFAIK apt has a default that limits his memory usage. fix for the problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/charlie APT::Cache-Limit 8192000; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ (the filename can be just anything) hth charlie -- Vgh Kroly - System Engineer - UTA - TIS.SAS.BSS Cynics say that Hungarians created America's Hollywood before other Hungarians less destructively created America's A-bomb. http://www.mek.iif.hu/kiallit/tudtor/tudos1/martians.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apt too big for its britches
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 05:00:48PM +0200, VEGH Karoly wrote: On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 05:00:57PM +0200, Rob Mahurin wrote: What, exactly, is running out of room here? I'm fine on memory and disk space. 10:43 $ sudo apt-get -u upgrade Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing escputil (NewFileVer1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. AFAIK apt has a default that limits his memory usage. fix for the problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/charlie APT::Cache-Limit 8192000; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ (the filename can be just anything) hth That worked, you're my hero, have a nice day. Rob -- Meekness is uncommon patience in planning a worthwhile revenge. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: apt too big for its britches
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 05:00:48PM +0200, VEGH Karoly wrote: On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 05:00:57PM +0200, Rob Mahurin wrote: 10:43 $ sudo apt-get -u upgrade Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing escputil (NewFileVer1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. AFAIK apt has a default that limits his memory usage. fix for the problem: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/charlie APT::Cache-Limit 8192000; [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ (the filename can be just anything) The filename should really just be /etc/apt/apt.conf - the .d directory is primarily there to make it easier to package related software like apt-listchanges, not so much for administrators' local changes. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
