My Computer Crashed

Here is what it says when I try to fun the Package Manager:

E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing libparted1.6-dev (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.

This is what it says when I try to run Add/Remove Programs

This is a major failure of your software management system. Please check for broken packages with synaptic, check the file permissions and correctness of the file '/etc/apt/sources.list' and reload the software information with: 'sudo apt-get update' and 'sudo apt-get install -f'.

I can NOT run Synaptic Package Manager

This is what is at the end of the text when I try to run "sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade"

Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com edgy-backports/multiverse Sources
Fetched 35.0kB in 2s (13.2kB/s)
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing libparted1.6-dev (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: Couldn't rebuild package cache
rich@rich-laptop:~$

Rich,
     If the disk check failed, you should try booting from your install CD, and then running the check from thee, with the command 'fsck /dev/sda1' from a terminal. Once that completes, we can move on to to the next steps (either fixing the filesystem or the packaging system, based on the outcome)

    Sorry things haven't gone so smoothly for you...

Sorry to inconvenience you.

I updated to Feisty via the internet, and never burned
a Feisty disc. I only have an Edgy disc. That's what I
used this morning.

Just now, I downloaded Feisty from here:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/getubuntu/download

But there is no .iso image, only a bunch of files. I
can't tell what to burn to the CD.

I've read the instructions from here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto

But there is no ISO image. Just a bunch of files.

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> Rich,
> If the disk check failed, you should try
> booting from your install CD, and then running the
> check from thee, with the command 'fsck /dev/sda1'
> from a terminal. Once that completes, we can move
> on to to the next steps (either fixing the
> filesystem or the packaging system, based on the
> outcome)
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I think I understand. I'll boot from the Edgy disk, do
the fsck, then send you the results here in Feisty
from the hard disc.

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> Rich,
> If the disk check failed, you should try
> booting from your install CD, and then running the
> check from thee, with the command 'fsck /dev/sda1'
> from a terminal. Once that completes, we can move
> on to to the next steps (either fixing the
> filesystem or the packaging system, based on the
> outcome)
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Here is the result from 'fsck /dev/sda1'
-----------
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use
"sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda1
fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to
open /dev/sda1

The superblock could not be read or does not describe
a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really
contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else),
then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an
alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
---------------

I don't understand how to run the e2fsck they suggest.

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> Rich,
> If the disk check failed, you should try
> booting from your install CD, and then running the
> check from thee, with the command 'fsck /dev/sda1'
> from a terminal. Once that completes, we can move
> on to to the next steps (either fixing the
> filesystem or the packaging system, based on the
> outcome)
>
> Sorry things haven't gone so smoothly for you...
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What did you download exactly ?
The official download page is here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

I downloaded 'ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso'

It was set to "open with file-roller (default)' and
that is what I did.

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> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download
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Ok, you downloaded the correct file.

I don't understand you, you said there is no iso images but you downloaded ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso
This file is an iso image!

When you use file-roller, you can see the contents of the iso image, what will become the content of the cd.
But you don't need to do this.

Just follow the instructions here:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto#head-41d485cd1f4a2902492b7e5dcc1991af2ec8f564

Try use k3b it is nice tool on ubuntu.

sudo apt-get install k3b

Yours,
Waleed

These are the instrucions:

"Find the downloaded ISO image in the file browser
(available at Places &#8594; Home menu on top of the
screen.) Right click on the ISO image file and choose
Write to Disc and wait for burning to complete."

But right-click on what?

I can use K3B and burn all the files to a disc. Will
that work?

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> Ok, you downloaded the correct file.
>
> I don't understand you, you said there is no iso
> images but you downloaded
> ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso
> This file is an iso image!
>
> When you use file-roller, you can see the contents
> of the iso image, what will become the content of
> the cd.
> But you don't need to do this.
>
> Just follow the instructions here:
>
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto#head-41d485cd1f4a2902492b7e5dcc1991af2ec8f564
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I tried to install K3B:
-------
rich@rich-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install k3b
Password:
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing libparted1.6-dev
(NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be
parsed or opened.
rich@rich-laptop:~$
---------------
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> Try use k3b it is nice tool on ubuntu.
>
> sudo apt-get install k3b
>
> Yours,
> Waleed
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I'm going to download the Feisty iso again, but this
time put it on the desktop, and then unzip it.

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>
> sudo apt-get install k3b
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k3b can read ISO file and check to md5 is it ok or not.

I downloaded the iso again, but from a different
mirror site. All went well. I burned the CD from it.
Then booted from the CD (Feisty 7.04) and ran 'fsck
/dev/sda1'

Here is the result:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda1
fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
e2fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
/dev/sda1: clean, 109160/7143424 files,
1391243/14279769 blocks
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

Sorry for the confusion with the iso CD. Does this
test look good? I should try Synaptic Pkd Mgr again?

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> not.
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I get the same error when I try to run Package
Manager. Can not install from terminal either.

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> not.
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Time for sleep. Tomorrow we can fix it.
Thank you very much for helping me.

Rich

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> not.
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I did a fsck from the boot CD and it said 'clean'. I
tried the same with the hard drive and it said not to
do it, is too dangerous.

I can perform more test here, or do a complete
re-install with the Feisty CD, and wipe my drive
clean.

Don't know if you're interested in seeing if this is a
bug and doing more tests?

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>
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>
> Matt Mossholder requested for more information:
> Rich,
> If the disk check failed, you should try
> booting from your install CD, and then running the
> check from thee, with the command 'fsck /dev/sda1'
> from a terminal. Once that completes, we can move
> on to to the next steps (either fixing the
> filesystem or the packaging system, based on the
> outcome)
>
> Sorry things haven't gone so smoothly for you...
>
>
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Rich,

for the error you are getting you need to:

1) Create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf file and add this line in it:

APT::Cache-Limit 10485760;

You can also use higher numbers (15728640 or 20971520 or even higher)

2) Comment out un-needed repositories: open your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add a # at the beginning of those lines for repositories that you don't need to use (usually non official or obsolete ones). Remember to open this file with sudo or gksu.

Same error.

I created the file in /etc/apt, and added the line of
text to it.

I suspect automatix maybe caused the problem. In the
/etc/apt/sources list I am not sure which repositories
to comment out, but I did comment out all of the
repositories listed after
#AUTOMATIX REPOS START

I don't know which repositories I need or don't need.

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>
> Cesare Tirabassi proposed the following answer:
> Rich,
>
> for the error you are getting you need to:
>
> 1) Create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf file and add
> this line in it:
>
> APT::Cache-Limit 10485760;
>
> You can also use higher numbers (15728640 or
> 20971520 or even higher)
>
> 2) Comment out un-needed repositories: open your
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> file and add a # at the beginning of those lines for
> repositories that
> you don't need to use (usually non official or
> obsolete ones). Remember
> to open this file with sudo or gksu.
>
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Got it. I placed 2 ##'s in front of the lines.

So far, so good. Thank you all for your help. Sorry
for the trouble.

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> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Cesare Tirabassi proposed the following answer:
> Rich,
>
> for the error you are getting you need to:
>
> 1) Create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf file and add
> this line in it:
>
> APT::Cache-Limit 10485760;
>
> You can also use higher numbers (15728640 or
> 20971520 or even higher)
>
> 2) Comment out un-needed repositories: open your
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> file and add a # at the beginning of those lines for
> repositories that
> you don't need to use (usually non official or
> obsolete ones). Remember
> to open this file with sudo or gksu.
>
>
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But will the fsck fail again the next time a Check
Forced is issued?

--- Cesare Tirabassi
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> Your question #8120 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/8120
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Cesare Tirabassi proposed the following answer:
> Rich,
>
> for the error you are getting you need to:
>
> 1) Create the file /etc/apt/apt.conf file and add
> this line in it:
>
> APT::Cache-Limit 10485760;
>
> You can also use higher numbers (15728640 or
> 20971520 or even higher)
>
> 2) Comment out un-needed repositories: open your
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> file and add a # at the beginning of those lines for
> repositories that
> you don't need to use (usually non official or
> obsolete ones). Remember
> to open this file with sudo or gksu.
>
>
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What failed was apt-get not fsck, now it should not fail anymore.
Whether you file system will be correct or not thats impossible to say.