During a routine 'sudo apt-get update&&sudo apt-get -uyd upgrade', my X display froze. The screen showed:
Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-free Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-free Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/main Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/main Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/contrib Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/contrib Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/non-free Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/non-free Release Reading Package Lists... The mouse cursor was frozen, ctrl-alt-[fn] and ctrl-alt-backspace were not working. After a few minutes I rebooted (I live in the country, no local e-mail terminal to remotely login from.) After reboot, I ran 'sudo apt-get update&&sudo apt-get -uyd upgrade' again. This time (and all subsequent times) the output was: Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/main Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/contrib Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-free Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-free Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/main Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/main Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/contrib Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/contrib Release Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/non-free Packages Hit http://mirror.direct.ca unstable/non-US/non-free Release Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Problem parsing dependency Depends E: Error occured while processing rio500 (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.direct.ca_pub_linux_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. As well, apt-cache search and apt-cache show now end in segfault. Geordie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
