To check if your processor supports PAE, try:

grep --color=always -i PAE /proc/cpuinfo

if it does support it, it will show up. If you have a pentium M series then
things get a bit more complicated.


Phillw

On 3 May 2013 03:24, Joao Rijo <[email protected]> wrote:

> At least for me it's almost certainly cause the CPU is non-PAE. I remember
> not being able to install the 12.10 version cause it didn't support non-PAE
> CPUs so I installed 12.04 and hoped I could upgrade it to 12.10, but
> apparently the new linux image is the part that doesn't support non-PAE
> CPUs, not just the instalation of the whole 12.10 system.
> I guess given that non-PAE CPUs are not supported anymore I'll just have
> to stick with the current 3.2.0-40 linux image.
>
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> Title:
>   upgrade could not install linux image
>
> Status in “lubuntu-meta” package in Ubuntu:
>   Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
>   upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10 linux image could not be intalled got
>   the following message:
>
>
>   Could not install
> '/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic_3.5.0-27.46_i386.deb'
>
>   The upgrade will continue but the '/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-
>   image-3.5.0-27-generic_3.5.0-27.46_i386.deb' package may not be in a
>   working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it.
>
>   subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
>   Package: lubuntu-desktop 0.45
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-40.64-generic 3.2.40
>   Uname: Linux 3.2.0-40-generic i686
>   ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
>   Architecture: i386
>   Date: Sun Apr 14 12:54:21 2013
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-14 (0 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386
> (20120423)
>   MarkForUpload: True
>   ProcEnviron:
>    TERM=xterm
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   SourcePackage: lubuntu-meta
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2013-04-14 (0 days ago)
>
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