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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

zram has been default in the kernel for quite some time (I'm sure some one
will go look up as to when it landed). From kernel 3.10.6 zram was broken,
there is a patch available for 3.11 (I've no idea where that is up to), it
is reported as fixed in 3.12 kernel. I've now got 3.12rc kernel running on
my production machine. It's a bit of a mess.... the 3.12 does not have the
error reported at
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2162655&p=12735571#post12735571 As
to what will be released, that is not in my remit.

Regards,

Phill.


On 23 September 2013 23:49, JM <meets@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone noticed that zram is a normal kernel module, which is not only
> enabled but
> also configured thanks to the zram-config scripts? I am asking because of
> the post you
> point to at the forum.
>
> There would be a simple solution to satisfy all people : an additional
> script to enable
> and disable it at will, from within the system menus.
>
> I would not insist enough about the way it is configured actually, in the
> Ubuntu
> zram-config scripts. The system need a control over swappiness, and for
> zram smaller block
> devices. Really!
>
> In my T30 Lubuntu as of yesterday lags badly, whereas the Ubuntu Openbox
> Remix installed
> in it, with the setups I pointed to, is snappy! (Lubuntu does  not use
> much more RAM
> btw). I suspect the setup, although I have not had time today to
> reconfigure it and retry.
>
> Regards,
> Mélodie
>
> PS: Lars, about your test with Thunderbird and Firefox, I'm not too much
> astonished: both
> are heavy... what about trying Sylpheed along with Midori in that 1 GB
> Macmini machine of
> your's? :)
>
>
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 23:17:43 +0100
> Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Joe,
> >
> > I have got the final beta installed fine with 512Mb of RAM in my VM
> system.
> > It is running 3.11.0-8.15 I pinged you on #ubuntu-kernel to check if the
> > fix had dribbled down into that .8-15 kernel.
> >
> > The issue as reported at
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2162655&p=12735571#post12735571is
> > still there.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> >
> > On 23 September 2013 17:14, Joseph Salisbury <
> joseph.salisbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > On 09/21/2013 01:20 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> > > > Lars,
> > > >
> > > > thanks for that.. can you update the bug.. there is the impossible
> > > > part of pulling in something from the 3.12 kernel. Any reports we can
> > > > give to the bug will hopefully assist the kernel team, as zram seems
> > > > to fairly broken in the 3.11 kernel.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Phill.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 21 September 2013 18:11, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx
> > > > <mailto:lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >     On 09/21/2013 08:00 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> > > >     > At this point it seems that we are trapped between a rock and a
> > > >     hard place.
> > > >     >
> > > >     > Kernel team <> ISO team. ::SIGH:: Such frustrations led to my
> > > >     resigning
> > > >     > from various teams, I've asked a couple of people who can make
> > > >     an ISO with
> > > >     > the test kernel if they would. Other than that, my hands are
> tied.
> > > >     >
> > > >     > We need an ISO with the patch that has been already applied
> > > >     upstream into
> > > >     > it.... Grrrrr.
> > > >     >
> > > >     > Regards,
> > > >     >
> > > >     > Phill.
> > > >
> > > >     I did try this kernel the other day and it did lock up just like
> > > >     the one
> > > >     in the repository:
> > > >
> > > >     linux-image-3.11.0-7-generic_3.11.0-7.14~lp1227202v1_amd64.deb
> > > >
> > > >     I thought I wrote it in a message, but can't find it in my
> archive,
> > > so
> > > >     maybe I didn't.
> > > >
> > > >     So far turning off zram seems to be the only thing that works.
>  Or at
> > > >     least seems to work, so far so good.
> > > >
> > > >     Regards,
> > > >     /Lars
> > > >
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> > >
> > > First of all, Thanks for all the hard work, everyone.
> > >
> > > Do we know for sure if this issue is actually fixed in upstream
> > > v3.12-rc1?  Lars, were you able to test and ISO with the test kernel
> > > built in, or can you reproduce the bug just by booting into the test
> > > kernel?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Joe
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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>
> --
> JM <meets@xxxxxx>
>



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