Many thanks I believe that your suspicion is correct - I am trying to remove a swap error on sources.list having mishandled the vim editor. I have a feeling I shall have to re-install ubuntu which I am running with windows on a separate hd - that is unless I can get rid of ftp://ftp.debian .org_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages which must be quite large as a file. memory available, sorry cannot say !
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 18:37 +0000, Micah Cowan wrote: > "Dynamic MMap ran out of room" sounds a bit like an out-of-memory issue; > or possibly an unreasonably large request for memory. > > What is the size of /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian > .org_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages, and how much memory did your > system have available when you tried this command? > > And, um... why, if this is an Ubuntu system, are you using Debian > package repositories? I have a strong suspicion that that would cause > problems. > > ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) > Sourcepackagename: None => apt > Assignee: (unassigned) => Micah Cowan > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info > -- error running apt-get update https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/120799 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
