I makes me sad, that the Ubuntu guy gave you such an answer :-( I suggest that you try updating with terminal window commands
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade and when necessary sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Good luck :-) Nio On 2013-04-03 21:17, Aere Greenway wrote: > On 04/03/2013 11:44 AM, Tracer wrote: >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Aere Greenway >>> I use Lubuntu successfully on a 450 megahertz, 512 megabyte RAM, >>> HP-Vectra. It also worked in the past on it when I only had 384 >>> megabytes of RAM. >>> >>> Yet I use Lubuntu on all of my machines (that are faster and have more >>> RAM) because it's noticeably faster, and easier to do color >>> customization. >> Thanks, Aere. I have a few questions for anyone who can answer.... >> >> After a bit of struggle to install, Lubuntu 12.x runs on old hardware, >> but boot-up is EXCRUCIATINGLY slow. >> With Lubuntu 10.04 it is 17 seconds from power-on; that's FAST !!! >> ( Win XP 60 seconds, Ubuntu 40s, Arch 25s, Sabayon 95s ) >> >> I have no fears about security, because the data is on a USB HDD >> which is rarely connected. And I can reinstall Lubuntu in no time. >> And who would target Lubuntu ? ( Are there any millionaires here >> amongst us ? I guess not. ) >> But I am afraid any new hardware like printer/ scanner/ camera, etc >> will not be recognised/supported by 10.04 and then I'll have to >> consider new processor ( when this one is still running like new ) >> or I should learn to fix my own kernel somewhat like GENTOO Linux. >> >> Before either of those, I will try tweaking Lubuntu. >> Should I try to update drivers in 10.04 or >> Should I try to trim 13.x to make it faster ? >> ( WILL IT HAVE DRIVERS FOR OLD CHIPS???!!! ) >> >> WHich is easier & more practical ? >> >> Thanks & BR >> Tracey >> > Tracey: > > On my 450 megahertz HP Vectra, it is slow booting, but not slow enough > to begin to worry if it is hung. > > I haven't timed it, but it is probably a little more than a minute. > > The problem I have with Lubuntu (and Xubuntu) on the 450 mhz HP Vectra, > is that when I go to apply updates (using the software updater), the > software updates window goes away, and updates go on being applied in > the background, without any information being given to me of that fact. > > The only way I knew it was still running was from looking at the task > manager, noticing what processes were running. > > It also gives me no indication of when the updating process is > completed, other than CPU usage going down. > > I reported this problem as a software bug submission, but an Ubuntu > person declared the bug to be invalid, because I was using a processor > slower than 1 gigahertz, and with less than 1 gigabytes of RAM. He said > that I should use xubuntu or lubuntu (apparently he didn't read my bug > report to see that was what I was actually using). > > So even if lubuntu runs on the slow processor, if they refuse to fix the > software updater (or similar system software) because our processors are > not up the the ridiculous minimum requirements of Ubuntu, perhaps we > can't use the slow machines anymore anyway. > > I am actually thinking of scrapping my slowest machine of my test-bed > (the HP Vectra) because of that refusal to fix the problem, and because > of how excruciatingly slow the process of installing and updating has > become when using it. > > Below is a copy of the e-mail where they declared the bug I reported to > be invalid: > > the official Ubuntu Documentation recommends a 1 GHz Pentium 4 with 1 > gigabyte of RAM and 5 gigabytes of hard drive space, or better.[44] For > less powerful computers, there are other Ubuntu distributions such as > Lubuntu and Xubuntu. > > this is not a bug, we just dont support you. > > ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Invalid > > -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the > bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1159589 Title: When applying > software updates, updater window disappears Status in “update-manager” > package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: On slow machines (450 > megahertz, with 512 megabytes RAM in this case), when you request to > install the selected software updates, the system updater window > disappears. Yet updates are being installed in the background, invisible > to the user. The only clue there is that this is happening, is if you > watch what processes are executing, using the task manager. Eventually > (after a very long time on this machine), the CPU usage goes down to an > idle state, yet no notification of a reboot being necessary appears > (though a new kernel was one of the updates). If at that point, I bring > up the software updater, it then informs me that a reboot is required. > Similar symptoms to this occur on Ubuntu-Studio (Xubuntu) 12.04, except > that the update manager window stays visible, and eventually says that a > reboot is required. I want to watch the update process. I don't want it > to happen in the background (with no notification that it is finished) - > especially on this slow machine. This doesn't happen on any of my other > machines running Lubuntu 12.10, or Ubuntu-Studio 12.04 LTS. ProblemType: > Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: update-manager 1:0.174.4 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-26.42-generic 3.5.7.6 Uname: Linux > 3.5.0-26-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10 Architecture: i386 > Date: Sun Mar 24 19:17:55 2013 DpkgHistoryLog.txt: Start-Date: > 2013-03-24 19:11:12 Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic Remove: > linux-image-3.5.0-21-generic:i386 (3.5.0-21.32), > linux-image-extra-3.5.0-22-generic:i386 (3.5.0-22.34), > linux-image-3.5.0-22-generic:i386 (3.5.0-22.34), > linux-image-extra-3.5.0-21-generic:i386 (3.5.0-21.32) End-Date: > 2013-03-24 19:13:51 GsettingsChanges: b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' > b'first-run' b'false' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'launch-time' > b'1364163135' b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'show-details' b'true' > b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-height' b'500' > b'com.ubuntu.update-manager' b'window-width' b'600' InstallationDate: > Installed on 2012-05-11 (317 days ago) InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.04 > "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423.1) MarkForUpload: True > PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: > Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (156 days ago) To manage notifications > about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1159589/+subscriptions > > > -- Lubuntu-users mailing list Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
