On 25/10/2014, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > .................................................... >
And, after posting the above message, in thinking "Okay, that seems to be working okay, so I will try Update Manager again, and see what happens", I ran Update Manager, and, after 5 minutes of Update Manager doing nothing more than displaying "Downloading list of changes", I tried to click on the <Close> button, which did not respond (the button did not show as being pressed), so, in the top left corner of the window, is some kind of an icon, upon which I clicked, which displayed a drop down menu, which included the "Close" option, which I selected, and thence again got the >>> " >>> 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. >>> " So I selected the <Force quit> option. -- 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/cacx6j8otk3jf_sc_vkgvmz_odaf_dvo3cr+htyh2jewfq-g...@mail.gmail.com
