I'm having the same problem on my Jaunty, after updating software through Synaptic, "total hang" it is. Only the hard disk grind makes me realise the machine is still running, I believe the process uses up all my memory as well as swap space. So is there a way to disable apt-check?
-- Big apt-check memory leak https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/397544 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs