Dynamic MMap ran out of room
 

I did apt-get and this is the error message I got:

E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing epiphany-gecko (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.


What do I do?

Lillian Simmons
Still Free! in Round Rock, Texas, USA
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If you were running Debian, I'd say likely, you have made a mess out of your /etc/apt/sources.list file. I'm not sure how Mephis works.

Probably, the outputs of $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list and $ df -h will show the answer.

Someone will soon be along to tell you increase a cache size. That will probably work, but it's an ignorant hack.

lm@0[~]$ su -
Password:
[~]# ls -a /etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/apt/sources.list
[~]# ls /etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/apt/sources.list
[~]# ls -la /etc/apt/sources.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 673 2007-10-27 14:59 /etc/apt/sources.list
[~]# /etc/apt/sources.list
-su: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied
[~]# ls -d
.
[~]# ls -d /etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/apt/sources.list
[~]# $ df -h
-su: $: command not found
[~]# $df -h
-su: -h: command not found
[~]# $df-h
-su: -h: command not found
[~]# $ df -h /etc/apt/sources.list
-su: $: command not found
[~]#

The two commands are:
df -h
cat /etc/apt/sources.list
Do not type the dollar sign $

Dynamic MMap
 

lm@0[~]$ -l /etc/apt/apt.conf
bash: -l: command not found
lm@0[~]$ ls -l /etc/apt/apt.conf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 113 2005-02-24 12:13 /etc/apt/apt.conf
lm@0[~]$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 9.7G 7.4G 1.8G 81% /
tmpfs 506M 8.0K 506M 1% /lib/init/rw
tmpfs 506M 0 506M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda3 63G 13G 48G 21% /home
lm@0[~]$ df -h /etc/apt/apt.conf
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 9.7G 7.4G 1.8G 81% /
lm@0[~]$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 9.7G 7.4G 1.8G 81% /
tmpfs 506M 8.0K 506M 1% /lib/init/rw
tmpfs 506M 0 506M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda3 63G 13G 48G 21% /home
lm@0[~]$ cat/etc/apt/sources.list
bash: cat/etc/apt/sources.list: No such file or directory
lm@0[~]$ df -h cat/etc/apt/sources.list
df: `cat/etc/apt/sources.list': No such file or directory
df: no file systems processed
lm@0[~]$

There is a space between cat and /etc/apt/sources.list so the command is:

lm@0[~]$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 9.7G 7.4G 1.8G 81% /
tmpfs 506M 8.0K 506M 1% /lib/init/rw
tmpfs 506M 0 506M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda3 63G 13G 48G 21% /home
lm@0[~]$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy

# This file should be edited through synaptic
# New sources should be added only in the section at the end of this file!

# Primary
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

# non-us
# deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free
# deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free

# MEPIS apt pool - specific packages available on-line
deb http://apt.mepis.org/3.3.1/ unstable main

# mplayer
# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main


lm@0[~]$

No really, go buy a "Linux for Dummies" or similarly themed book. This isn't an insult to your intelligence, it's something you need to do because you do not even know the basics.

Dynamic MMap
 

I have read all the pages you guys have suggested. And I still don't know what to do.
I'm beginning to read the book Running Linux. And that could take a while.

Your sources.list looks like crap. The non-us was obsoleted when Sarge was released. You should haven't both testing and unstable. God only knows why you have a mepis repo. The Marillat repo you have is wrong.

APT HOWTO
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/

Debian Reference
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re.../index.en.html
Should be all you need.

That would give her more repositories that she already has uncommented, so I don't think it will stop her system running out of room.

Why shouldn't she have testing and unstable? Well, probably because she doesn't know how to use it. I run testing preferred but have unstable available.

Just do an "apt-get clean" for now and see with "df -h" if hda got more space.
Then raise the number for Cache-Limit in /etc/apt/apt.conf . # That's right, flame away.

The problem isnt that she is running put of actually space. Its that her sources.list is a mess.


Changing the sources.list to a correct one, then doing apt-get clean followed by apt-get update should be just fine.

If I can run Debian on my Eee that only has a 4gb ssd and only takes up a little over 1.2gb on the ssd, the number of sources isn't the problem, nor is actual physical space.

How is it a mess? All she has enabled is testing, unstable, and mepis. All the rest are commented out, I fail to see how that makes it a mess.

Craigevil's advice is spot on ... it's a mess ...The kind of mess that causes that problem ... his suggestions will fix it.

I would add ...
# aptitude keep-all
# aptitude update
# aptitude autoclean

... and use aptitude exclusively from now on.

So how is it a mess?

Too many duplicate repos which are not duplicates at all. Presumably, none "preferred" ... a "stinking mess"

dynamic MMap ran out of room
 

OK, folks, that's enough. You guys really got so excited about this!
I now have more insight into the problem. I now know something I didn't know when I got started: I can't handle this. So I have contacted my local tech friend Jon. And he says he'll fix it. Thank you so much for your help. It's been a pleasure to deal with you. So long. Take care. Keep up the good work.

Lillian Simmons
Still Free! in Round Rock, Texas, USA
http://xld.com


------ Original Message ------
Received: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:13:37 PM CST
From: Jon Roland
To: Lillian Simmons
Subject: Re: Fwd: "Dynamic MMap ran out of room" update

Might be easier to just reinstall the systems and application software.
These periodic upgrades are not always sufficient to keep everything in
sync. Make sure your data files are backed up, and use fdisk and du to
see how full your disks are. Some of the log files may need to be
truncated to make more room.

-- Jon

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------ Original Message ------
Received: Sun, 28 Dec 2008 10:28:04 PM CST
From: Jon Roland
To: Lillian Simmons
Subject: Re: Fwd: "Dynamic MMap ran out of room +APT" update

New one for me. Would require further investigation. Will be busy until
after about Jan 5. Can you wait that long?

-- Jon

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In fact, why don't you buy "Unix for Dummies" and make everyone you work with read it. Reinstalling is completely unnecessary.

Just increase the cache limit and be done with it.

Reinstall wtf?

My system is 5 yrs old, this isnt windows who the hell reinstalls.

Newbies (correctly) reinstall a lot. This is "certainly" not a reinstall situation, but the OP has a mess on his hands which we really can't see the extent of, and he'll learn a lot going through a reinstall. I hope his guru friend lets him do the actual hands-on part.