Comment 26 for bug 202959

Thank you for your tip! It worked (in stages). I'll post my
experiences on launchpad.

Have a nice day,
JSP

On 7/21/08, spatialguru <email address hidden> wrote:
> I did pretty much the same thing as jdaviescoates mentioned above. I
> reset the computer, ran: sudo apt-get check, then it directed me to run:
> dpkg --configure -a. It all ran from the command line just fine. Note
> that X wouldn't work with my NVIDIA card until the whole install process
> was complete and I rebooted.
>
> This is certainly a dealbreaker for anyone trying to impress Granny with
> the ease of a Linux upgrade ;-)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> --
> [hardy] generating locales stalls on 64mb ram
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202959
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> Status in "debian-installer" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in "localechooser" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: base-installer
>
> I tried installing a German cmdline system in VMWare using hardy-alternate-i386.iso Alpha 6.
> All went well until "generating locales" ("Speichere Sprachen..." in German on screen), there was constant hard disk activity but the progress bar went no further than 75%.
> I tried numerous times.
> Then I tried with 128mb ram and it worked flawlessly.
>
> Has this to do with restructuring the language chooser? In Gutsy you had to choose language during install and it switched to "Low Memory Mode" when installing on 64mb ram. In Hardy you choose your language on the CD boot prompt and there's no more "Low Memory Mode".
>
> I will try to add a syslog to this bug report later.
> (I'm currently creating a low memory install script based on IceWM so I'd be quite dissappointed if Hardy drops 64mb support.)
>