remove the "stable" entries from your sources.list... it is very
unlikely you have any stable packages installed because unstable
contains newer versions

get more RAM

create another swap partition

create a swap file

don't post HTML... nothing to do with the update problem, but making
us downloading a 17K message when a couple of K would do is just not
very nice


On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, j2 wrote:

> Running a unstable/stable system and i got the below and would apreciate any hints?
>
> cookiemonster:~# apt-get update
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/main Packages
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/main Release
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/non-free Packages
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/non-free Release
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/contrib Packages
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/contrib Release
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/main Sources
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/main Release
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/non-free Sources
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/non-free Release
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/main Packages
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
> Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Release
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/contrib Sources
> Hit http://ftp.du.se unstable/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Sources
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Sources
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/non-free Release
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/contrib Release
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/main Sources
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/main Release
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/non-free Sources
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/non-free Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Sources
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/contrib Sources
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit http://ftp.se.debian.org stable/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Sources
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Sources
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Sources
> Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing x3270 (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList 
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.du.se_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> cookiemonster:~# apt-get -u upgrade
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing x3270 (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList 
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.du.se_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> cookiemonster:~#
>
>


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