error running apt-get update

nothing to do with gnome-terminal

"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.

 you must be right - how can i come back and use the correct package ? being a novice to ubuntu - Can I send you more info which might help solve my problem ?

How do I give you this info ?

"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?"

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
>

You can get the size of a file with the command (in the terminal): "ls -l /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages".

I strongly suspect the answer you'll end up getting, is that a sources.list file with debian repositories is not a supported configuration, and that we must therefore close this bug out; but I'm not comfortable saying that _just_ yet. However, you're probably right that a reinstall may be necessary: chances are pretty good that various packages have gotten a bit messed up.

It still doesn't seem like you should get that sort of error from this sort of problem, though (which is why I haven't closed the bug out).

Thank you for your reply - I have since reinstalled and all systems are
working ok. You can now close the bug out as it was all due to bad
manipulation on my part.

I should have thought of ls -l for the file details, still learning...

On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 18:02 +0000, Micah Cowan wrote:
> You can get the size of a file with the command (in the terminal): "ls
> -l /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_dists_sarge_main_binary-
> i386_Packages".
>
> I strongly suspect the answer you'll end up getting, is that a
> sources.list file with debian repositories is not a supported
> configuration, and that we must therefore close this bug out; but I'm
> not comfortable saying that _just_ yet. However, you're probably right
> that a reinstall may be necessary: chances are pretty good that various
> packages have gotten a bit messed up.
>
> It still doesn't seem like you should get that sort of error from this
> sort of problem, though (which is why I haven't closed the bug out).
>

Alright, I'll close the bug out then.