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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There are updates on the bug report, so If you want to see where it is up
to read https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1227202

Regards,

Phill.


On 18 September 2013 17:28, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It was he on the kernel irc channel who I chatted to about the best way to
> raise a kernel type bug. I've only done one before... ever! (And I got that
> one in from upstream with a lot of help narrowing down the exact 'bit' that
> was needed).
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
>
>
> On 18 September 2013 17:13, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Phill,
>>
>> You know how to catch the attention of the people who can fix this kind
>> of problems :-)
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>> On 2013-09-18 18:01, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>> > Sort of says it all....
>> >
>> >
>> > Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > <mailto:joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>> >
>> >
>> > 16:49 (10 minutes ago)
>> >
>> > to phillw
>> >
>> > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>> >    Importance: Undecided => High
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Phill.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 18 September 2013 16:36, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx
>> > <mailto:PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Indeed, those are my thoughts - hence my quick chat with the kernel
>> >     team and them asking that I raise a bug with all the information I
>> >     can lay my hands on! Feel free to add comments when you click the
>> >     'affects me'. The bug is now up and running, additional 'affects me'
>> >     and comments will assist the kernel team until such time as they
>> >     state that they have enough information.
>> >
>> >     Regards,
>> >
>> >     Phill.
>> >
>> >
>> >     On 18 September 2013 16:30, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
>> >     <mailto:nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >
>> >         On 2013-09-18 17:18, Nik Th wrote:
>> >         >
>> >         >
>> >         >
>> >         >
>> >         >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >         >>
>> >         >> From: Nio Wiklund
>> >         >>
>> >         >> Sent: 09/18/13 04:58 PM
>> >         >>
>> >         >> To: Nik Th
>> >         >>
>> >         >> Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta
>> >         >>
>> >         >>
>> >         >> On 2013-09-18 15:07, Nik Th wrote:
>> >         >> > Possibly this is something to do with the installer
>> >         (ubiquity package
>> >         >> > maybe ? ) and is frequently encountered in Alpha/Beta
>> >         versions (I have
>> >         >> > seen similar problems in Unity and Gnome-shell in older
>> >         Alpha/Beta
>> >         >> > releases).
>> >         >> > Hopefully will be fixed before stable release.
>> >         >> > If we want to report a bug about this, we have to be
>> >         completely sure
>> >         >> > that is a bug. I would suggest to wait and see what will
>> >         happen after
>> >         >> > some updates.
>> >         >> >
>> >         >> > About the slow shutdown process (when shutdown button
>> >         pressed from the
>> >         >> > menu) , this is not a problem in my Saucy installation
>> >         anymore. Now I
>> >         >> > have a new problem that I want to examine, and this is a
>> >         big delay time
>> >         >> > when I hit the logout button. We'll see.
>> >         >> >
>> >         >> >
>> >         >> >
>> >         >> > Regards
>> >         >> > NikTh
>> >         >> >
>> >         >> > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NikTh --
>> >         >>
>> >         >> Now that the problem is described and a lot of people are
>> >         aware of it,
>> >         >> chances increase that it will be solved :-)
>> >         >>
>> >         >> Lars reports this bug
>> >         >>
>> >         >>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1225429
>> >         >>
>> >         >> for Lubuntu Desktop amd64+mac. I think it might be the same
>> >         problem or
>> >         >> bug, whatever label we want to attach to it.
>> >         >>
>> >         >> The slow shutdown and or slow logout is a minor problem, it
>> >         may be or
>> >         >> may not be related to the freezing problem.
>> >         >>
>> >         >> Best regards
>> >         >> Nio
>> >         >
>> >         >
>> >         >
>> >         > Hmm..., this bug is lack of logs. I think it will be marked as
>> >         > Incomplete eventually. @Lars wasn't able to gather some logs
>> from
>> >         > freezing ? (I know it's difficult). Maybe a retry from
>> >         terminal this
>> >         > time it would be better.
>> >         >
>> >         >
>> >         > Regards
>> >         > NikTh
>> >         >
>> >         > -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NikTh --
>> >
>> >         I'm rather convinced it is the zRAM bug, that Leszek described
>> >         earlier
>> >         today. I reported success with 768 MB RAM, and now I have
>> >         succeeded also
>> >         with 512 MB RAM to install from saucy-desktop-i386.iso without
>> any
>> >         freeze, when zRAM was switched off. This is half of the RAM
>> >         necessary to
>> >         succeed with zRAM (1024 MB), while the limit for the 64-bit
>> >         version was
>> >         1280 MB.
>> >
>> >         So it seems, we need enough RAM to avoid swapping to avoid
>> >         freezing when
>> >         the buggy combination of kernel and zRAM is active.
>> >
>> >         Best regards
>> >         Nio
>>
>>
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