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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ali,

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Best regards/Nio

On 2013-09-18 13:26, Ali Linx (amjjawad) wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi everybody,
> 
> 
> Hi my friend,
> 
>  
> 
>     Finally, I tested the newest daily build (Sep 17 2013) of the 32-bit
>     Lubuntu saucy-desktop-i386.iso
> 
>     in the same machine and with the same conditions.
> 
>     RAM = 384, 512 MB, 768 MB
> 
>     Finished gracefully, but froze after I clicked reboot. Working system
>     installed.
> 
>     RAM = 1024 MB
> 
>     No freeze, but waiting for Enter without any text prompting for it, bug
>     966480.
> 
> 
> So, what you are trying to say is:
> The installer is installing the system but the very final step, which is
> reboot, is not working and/or frozen?
> And, when you reboot manually, you have a working system?

Yes

> If that is the case, I must say, I have seen this very behaviour before.
> I am not sure how many times I have seen it but I guess I did. I did not
> report that at that time (early stages of Alpha) because I thought it
> was just me and I got busy with other stuff.
>  
>  
> 
>     This is only slightly better than the 64-bit version, and it is much
>     worse that during early Saucy alpha (or pre-alpha) stages, when the
>     32-bit desktop installer for Lubuntu might work with 384 MB RAM, and
>     definitely worked with 512 MB RAM.
> 
> 
> So, do I have to test? downloading is done now :)

I think it would be worthwhile, because it will be with different hardware.

>     So I think *something bad is happening* when Lubuntu is to be switched
>     off. 
> 
> 
> I smell something too!
> 
>  
> 
>     Nik Th and I have also noted that shutdown is much slower than it
>     used to be (also compared to earlier versions of Saucy).
> 
> 
> You mean when you are on a working desktop and you choose Shutdown form
> Menu?

Yes, shutdown from an installed system (and also from the live system,
but it is harder to notice because of slow media).

>     The One Button Installer can do it with 128 MB RAM. I made a test right
>     now in this same Toshiba, and installed Saucybeta1.
> 
>     Best regards
>     Nio
> 
> 
> Hmm, I don't think something to do with RAM but rather something wrong
> somewhere in the build. I have no idea what is going on?
> May I remind you all that Lubuntu Saucy have zram-config by default and
> it should be even faster or better?!
> 
> Weird!!!

When enough RAM, it does not freeze, but reboots nicely for me. And this
did not happen when I did those extensive tests at the alpha or
pre-alpha stage. Check this link, where it was possible to squeeze it
and run with really low RAM

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/LowRamTesting

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