| tomreyn | fwiw i just tried to install xubuntu 21.10 on a virtualbox VM with the minimum system requirements listed at https://xubuntu.org/requirements/ - namely 512 MB RAM. Got an instant kernel panic. | 17:05 |
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| tomreyn | initramfs unpacking failed: write error | 17:05 |
| Montresor | Yeah, need 700 some, don't remember specifically, since the initramfs is huge and requires more space, this is due to the microcodes. | 17:06 |
| tomreyn | if i find out what's the minimum value that will let me install without things failing too much, would you update the website? | 17:06 |
| Montresor | Not sure I can, but ensure the graphics don't take some of the ram too during tests. | 17:07 |
| tomreyn | they are separate, and VRAM isset to 20 MB | 17:07 |
| Montresor | IIRC 712 wasn't enough but 756 was fine. | 17:08 |
| tomreyn | but realistically they actually would decrease overall ram if those would be igpu systems | 17:08 |
| tomreyn | and most users are not aware | 17:08 |
| Montresor | But to list on the site, I'd just say 1G really. I do test Xubuntu Core on Qemu with less, but... | 17:09 |
| tomreyn | yes 712 also panics | 17:09 |
| tomreyn | 800 MB gets me to the first installer screen (background image loads, nothing else), then a black screen. | 17:11 |
| Montresor | Yeah, Xubuntu Desktop has the slideshow which IIRC uses webkit, Core doesn't. I guess that wouldn't help (though you didn't even get to that point, soo.) | 17:12 |
| tomreyn | so you're saying 800 MB minimum + VRAM for Xubuntu Core 21.10 amd64, and 1024 MB minimum + VRAM for Xbuntu 21.10 amd64, right? | 17:15 |
| Montresor | I'd just make it 1024 across. | 17:16 |
| tomreyn | okay, with 1024 MB i got the first proper installer screen | 17:18 |
| tomreyn | and the installation succeeded with default options (other than german keyboard layout), too. though during boot, it seems to be stuck on the logo screen. | 17:33 |
| tomreyn | oh that's actually during shutdown of the installer, not reboot, yet | 17:34 |
| tomreyn | https://i.imgur.com/lPgb5NP.png | 17:35 |
| tomreyn | it's stuck there, i've been waiting for 2 minutes. | 17:35 |
| tomreyn | but this could be due to virtualization | 17:36 |
| tomreyn | i sent an acpi signal, without notable effect, then pressed ctrl-c, and got repeating squashfs errors for reads on a single block. no visual response to ctrl-alt-del then, so i rebooted. desktop comes up fine and quickly. with just the terminal open, free -h reports: https://i.imgur.com/2sn9rbf.png | 17:45 |
| tomreyn | so whom should I annoy to update the website? | 17:45 |
| tomreyn | i retried with uefi, otherwise same settings + specs. this also works out, but the installer also fails to reboot properly. | 18:22 |
| tomreyn | identical error message after ctrl-c | 18:23 |
| tomreyn | https://i.imgur.com/iDU2xGw.png | 18:23 |
| tomreyn | 30 MB more available than with BIOS boot, swap also untouched. | 18:25 |
| tomreyn | so, as a general sattement, 1 GB RAM + VRAM it is, I'd say, too. | 18:25 |
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