[Bug 1038248] [NEW] Ubiquity Should Check for required RAM before running, Provide helpful error

[karl anliot]

Public bug reported:

Ubiquity doesn't fail gracefully on older computers with low RAM.   PC's
with 512 MB have problems with ubiquity's manual partitioner, or when
Ubiquity is run on a system without a swap partition.  Ubiquity should
also check that the PC has enough RAM to install when running on the
LiveCD, which mounts 200-300MB of files into unrecoverable RAM.

Fedora's anaconda graphical installer has a feature that prevents out-
of-memory crashes from occuring, by having a configurable memory limit.

Having a descriptive error for this common condition would mean that
users trying Ubuntu for the first time would not be lost.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 17 16:05:01 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120815)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal ubiquity-2.11.21

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Title:
  Ubiquity Should Check for required RAM before running, Provide helpful
  error

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubiquity doesn't fail gracefully on older computers with low RAM.
  PC's with 512 MB have problems with ubiquity's manual partitioner, or
  when Ubiquity is run on a system without a swap partition.  Ubiquity
  should also check that the PC has enough RAM to install when running
  on the LiveCD, which mounts 200-300MB of files into unrecoverable RAM.

  Fedora's anaconda graphical installer has a feature that prevents out-
  of-memory crashes from occuring, by having a configurable memory
  limit.

  Having a descriptive error for this common condition would mean that
  users trying Ubuntu for the first time would not be lost.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Aug 17 16:05:01 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120815)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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