On 25/10/2014, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 11:44:32 +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > >> On 23/10/2014, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: >> > Igor Sverkos wrote: >> >> As you can see, it is always the "Unpacking" step which is taking all >> >> the >> >> time. >> > >> > dpkg has added fsync() calls after all file actions. This >> > significantly slows down file operations. Basically it disables the >> > file system buffer cache causing it to operate at disk drive speeds. >> > This is why unpacking files is quite a bit slow. >> > >> >> Is this why the Update Manager (on Debian 6 LTS) has stopped working? >> >> When I try to run Update Manager, I end up having to kill it. >> >> " >> Update Manager (as superuser) is not responding. >> >> You may choose to wait a short while for it to continue or force the >> application to quit entirely. >> " >> >> It displays "Downloading list of changes", or something like that, and >> then freezes, and, after five minutes or so, with no change, I have to >> kill it. > > Please post the output of > > apt-get update > >
" :~# apt-get update Get:1 http://ftp.au.debian.org squeeze-updates Release.gpg [836 B] Ign http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates/main Translation-en_AU Get:2 http://ftp.au.debian.org squeeze-updates Release [113 kB] Hit http://ftp.au.debian.org squeeze-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en Ign http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable/non-free Translation-en_AU Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release.gpg Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en Ign http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_AU Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates Release Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release Hit http://security.debian.org squeeze/updates/main amd64 Packages Ign http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages Hit http://deb.opera.com stable/non-free amd64 Packages Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze-lts Release.gpg [836 B] Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts/contrib Translation-en Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts/contrib Translation-en_AU Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts/main Translation-en Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts/main Translation-en_AU Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts/non-free Translation-en Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-lts/non-free Translation-en_AU Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze-lts Release [28.7 kB] Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze-lts/main Sources/DiffIndex Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze-lts/contrib Sources [14 B] Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze-lts/non-free Sources [14 B] Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze-lts/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze-lts/contrib amd64 Packages [14 B] Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org squeeze-lts/non-free amd64 Packages [14 B] Fetched 144 kB in 7s (18.0 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done N: Ignoring file 'opera.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension " -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8n19n2rtdxdhth6_kppgyjy8bk-rp-r7rnkmugjluv...@mail.gmail.com
