error with synaptic

[Senectus .]

On 15/08/06, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:10 -0400
> Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Googling this produces the following answer from the first hit
>
> /etc/apt/apt.conf   should contain
>
> APT::Cache-Limit "10000000"
>
> URL: http://www.yak.net/fqa/416.html
>
> I assume, as your solution implies, that the cache runs out of room - thus
> shortening the number of repositories allows it not to "overflow" as it
> were.
>
I checked the list of repo's and there was 5.10 repositories in there,
I took them out and all is well again.. thanks.


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