On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 23:42:57 +0400 Mikhail Maksimov <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, all. > > I was testing the 10.10 betas on a low-spec machine and found that, for > both versions, with 256 Mb RAM the Live CD session starts normally, but > launching the installer kills the system in a creative way: everything > disappears except the wallpaper and mouse pointer (I mean, menu, installer > icon, lxtask that I started earlier), however Ctrl+Alt+F(n) works and from a > text console "ps ax | grep ubiq" shows nothing, the installer process is > gone. > > lxtask says I have 243 MB of RAM installed, top says I've got 249844k total > memory. AFAIK swap partitions get used silently by Live CD if present, so I > cleared the partition table before running tests. > > Adding another 128 Mb stick to the box solves the problem, so I believe it > really is the RAM amount that matters. Unfortunately all my 32 and 64 Mb > sticks fail so I cannot be any more precise. > > Thus the current beta does not seem to be installable with "not less than > 160 Mb" as stated in the wiki. I'm wondering if it's permanent, or just the > "beta effect" which may get fixed when and if the "install" menu item works, > not just the "try" one. > > If anyone can confirm or correct my findings it is good to have it all > documented in the wiki. > It really does seem to depend on the hardware. I have installed with 160 MiB of RAM and a swap partition, on one machine. While a machine with 256 MiB of RAM and Intel video wouldn’t install, even with a swap partition. On the later machine the Ubuntu beta works but not on the former. I haven’t been able to make much sense of it. I have tried other LXDE based distros such as OpenSUSE, Fedora and Mandriva ,and they exhibit similar erratic behavour. -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
