On 25/10/2014, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > .................................................... >
Oh, and " :~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 CD Binary-1 20111008-14:36]/ squeeze main # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.3 _Squeeze_ - Official amd64 CD Binary-1 20111008-14:36]/ squeeze main # deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze contrib non-free main deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian squeeze-lts main contrib non-free # deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main # deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/updates main deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian squeeze-lts main contrib non-free # deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates, previously known as 'volatile' deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main # deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze-updates main " which, from my understanding of a previous post or web page, relating to Debian 6 LTS, is what is supposed to be in that file, to have Debian 6 LTS updating as it should. -- 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/cacx6j8o3-c+jxwfyulrkrrnmrciciunqoqpfn-lzetzpnen...@mail.gmail.com
