error with synaptic

[Scott Kitterman]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:50:57 +0800 "Senectus ." <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
>I get this when I start synaptic and can't see any packages..:
>E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
>E: Error occurred while processing netcat (NewFileVer1)
>E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
>E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>
>Any idea's what's causing it, or how to fix it?
>
In my experience, reducing the number of repositories and updating will 
solve it.

Scott K