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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Congratulations :-)

I think those commands are only a temporary switch off of zram. So after
reboot it will re-appear (and the installed system is not affected at
all). You need to do something else, for example remove the package
zram-config to switch it off completely and persistently.

Best regards
Nio

On 2013-09-25 23:00, keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Phil,
> 
> First, cut to the chase; the installation succeeded. Here's what I did:
> 
> I attempted the same installation as before--automatic resize option
> from the [PPC] Live iso using a usb flash drive.
> 
> Used boot parameter "live video=radeonfb:1920x1080-32@60" to boot the
> Live iso.
> 
> After it booted, I opened a terminal and typed:
> 
> sudo swapoff /dev/zram0   <return>
> sudo swapoff /dev/zram1  <return>
> sudo rmmod zram  <return>
> 
> Then closed the terminal and double clicked the install icon.
> 
> I checked the option to download updates, but not the third party stuff.
> 
> At the finish, the computer rebooted to the correct partition, and
> everything works normally. Color depth was correct, so I guess the
> installer passed on the boot parameter correctly.
> 
> One thing though. When I open the Disks application, it shows a zram0
> and zram1 partition, each with 528MB. I don't know enough about this
> stuff to know if that's correct. I thought I turned zram off with the
> above sudo commands. Or, did that just turn it off while the
> installation was being done?
> 
> Anyway, the installation worked. I think I'll try a "use entire disk"
> installation next.
> 
> Best regards,
> Keith
> 
> 
> On Sep 25, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
> 
>> Keith,
>>
>> such information would be really handy as we have to write up some
>> release notes for the known bug for when 13.10 final-beta comes out on
>> Thursday.
>>
>> With the fix from upstream only currently available in amd64 for the
>> 'it freezes at the end of instal' section, which does not solve a
>> further bug that we can see. Joe is of the opinion that there are, in
>> fact, two bugs affecting zram. Getting the upstream patch into an ISO
>> will at least give ISO's that will install on lower RAM machines
>> without the 'freeze' at the end. It will also allow people with 32
>> bit, amd-mac and ppc architecture to take it for a spin (excuse the pun).
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 25 September 2013 19:20, <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 25, 2013, at 1:23 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>
>> On 2013-09-25 19:01, keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I attempted an install from the 20130924 Live ISO via a usb flash drive.
>> I selected the automatic resize option. The hard drive is 120GB and
>> already has a fully updated 13.10 installation on it. The resizing went
>> normally and the installation began.
>>
>> The system froze at the slide showing the video features. I had to leave
>> the room after starting the installation, so I'm not sure how far along
>> that slide is, but the progress bar had hardly advanced.
>>
>> The mouse and keyboard were frozen, as was the little progress wheel on
>> the screen. I had to do a hard reset by holding the power button in for
>> 5 seconds.
>>
>> I rebooted into my previously installed 13.10 system (now occupying half
>> the hard drive space) and verified the hard drive was partitioned for
>> the new installation. My previous installation seems to be unaffected.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Keith Rogers
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Keith,
>>
>> I'm not sure, but I guess that zRAM is used also for PPC. If so, try to
>> perform the installation after you have switched off zRAM according to
>> the following mail.
>>
>> sudo swapoff /dev/zram0
>> sudo swapoff /dev/zram1
>> ...
>> sudo rmmod zram
>> -----------------------------------
>> Check with
>>
>> swapon -s
>>
>> that there is no active zram device.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: AW: [Lubuntu-qa] Lubuntu 13.10 beta
>> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:40:53 +0200
>> From: Leszek Lesner <leszek.lesner@xxxxxx>
>> To: Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>, Julien Lavergne
>> <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx>, "Ali Linx
>> (amjjawad)" <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>, Nik Th <nikth@xxxxxxx>, Kjetil
>> brinchmann Halvorsen <kjetil1001@xxxxxxxxx>,
>> "lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Am Mittwoch, 18. September 2013, 15:37:37 schrieb Phill Whiteside:
>> Thanks,
>>
>> I've just come accross
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2162655&p=12735571#post12735571and
>>
>>
>> sudo parted -l
>>
>>
>> also gives me
>>
>> Error: /dev/zram0: unrecognised disk label
>>
>> Error: /dev/zram1: unrecognised disk label
>>
>> So, it is increasingly looking like zram is the culprit (or rather the
>> fact
>> it is the 'not working' version).
>>
>>
>>
>> It's way out of my depth now! But, from reading the ubuntu forums
>> post, it
>> may also explain these random lock ups that (some of us) have been
>> seeing.
>>
>>
>> You can test it on your own by deactivating zram
>> sudo swapoff /dev/zram0
>> sudo swapoff /dev/zram1
>> sudo rmmod zram
>> and see if it freezes again.
>>
>> With zram enabled it should only freeze when really writing to those zram
>> swapdevices otherwise no freeze should appear.
>>
>>
>> Hi Nio,
>>
>> Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Keith
>>
>>
>>
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