Good that the alternate iso of Lubuntu Saucy 64-bit works well in VBox :-) Nio
On 2013-09-16 17:54, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Sorry, > > that should read "I do NOT have the extras package for Vbox" > > Phill. > > > On 16 September 2013 16:54, Phill Whiteside <phi...@ubuntu.com > <mailto:phi...@ubuntu.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > > Lubuntu Alternate AMD64 dated 15th Sept installed successfully into > Virtual Box. Allocated 512MB RAM and 10GB of Disk Space. > > Host machine is running fully updated saucy and Vbox is version > 4.2.16 I do have the extras package installed for VBox. > > The VM boots fine, I can access Firefox and the internet and it also > closes down with no issues of hanging / slow speed etc. > > Will run a KVM install later this evening with the same iso, RAM and > Disk Space allocations. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > > On 16 September 2013 12:05, Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com > <mailto:nio.wikl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 2013-09-16 10:56, Nio Wiklund wrote: > > On 2013-09-16 10:40, Jörn Schönyan wrote: > >> I had Kubuntu Saucy installed on my machine, a normal install > without > >> virtualization. After updating, LightDM failed at boot. Endless > >> Plymouth-screen. When I pressed Escape, I could read the boot > messages > >> which stated that LightDM failed. > >> > >> I reported that bug, but noone else seems to have the problem. My > >> temporary workaround was logging into tty1 and startx. > >> > >> Am Montag, 16. September 2013, 10:19:59 schrieben Sie: > >>> Joern, > >>> > >>> I have the installed system in the vbox now. I can retry > installing > >>> again. So please describe exactly what you want, and at what > stage! > >> > > I installed the same Lubuntu saucy daily desktop amd64 system > into my > > Toshiba in CSM mode > > > > > > http://www.toshiba.se/laptops/satellite-pro/c850/satellite-pro-c850-19w/ > > > > It worked better than vbox. It hangs in a different way. The > screen with > > the message is closed, the graphical screen is shut down and > it hangs at > > the text screen with one single message line: > > > > * Asking all remaining processes to terminate... [OK] > > > > And when I press Enter, it will reboot. So in the Toshiba, it > seems to > > be the old bug, that there is no message to remove the boot > media and > > press Enter, bug 966480. > > > > The installation was into a CSM system (not UEFI). > > > > The installed system boots and runs without any problem (that > I have > > discovered yet). > > > > Best regards > > Nio > > > > 1. I have installed a virtual machine using KVM, qemu, and > virt-manager > according to a tip from Phill to use this wiki page > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/VirtManager > > It is installed in the Lubuntu 64-bit saucy-daily system in my > Toshiba > (describe above). > > The KVM system can install Lubuntu 64-bit saucy-daily, and the > installed > system works :-) > > It is fast (and does not hang at the reboot button like the VBox > system > does in my old Asus). It behaves very similar to installing and > running > in a real system (only the old bug 966480). > > -o- > > 2. I don't know, but I suspect that the desktop installer for > the 64-bit > systems needs more RAM than the corresponding installer for 32-bits. > Could it be that 1.25 GB is not enough, so that the installer hangs > because of low RAM? And this is what causes VBox to fail? (I > have only 2 > GB in that old Asus host, a it might be hard to give more than > 1.25 GB > to the guest (it is already complaining about it). Or could it > be a bug > specifically for VBox? > > Can someone test with VBox and various amounts of RAM allocated, > also > more than 1.25GB? > > Best regards > Nio > > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
