Calamares installs rather slow

[lotuspsychje]

Lubuntu 24.04 development branch @ 12/11/24 with kernel 6.5.0-9-generic

Calamares installer starts pretty well and proceeds the steps fine

but when the actual installing of packages is starting, the setup

feels rather slowly (around 30min) and then finishes well.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: calamares (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-9.9-generic 6.5.3
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-9-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Sun Nov 12 10:59:28 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-11-11 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat" - Daily amd64 (20231110)
SourcePackage: calamares
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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ProblemType: Bug
.etc.calamares.modules.after_bootloader_context.conf:
 ---
 dontChroot: false
 timeout: 120
 firmwareType:
     "*": "-rm ${ROOT}/home/${USER}/Desktop/lubuntu-calamares.desktop"
.etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
 ---
 restartNowMode: user-checked
 restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
.etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf:
 crypttabOptions: luks,keyscript=/bin/cat
 efiMountOptions: umask=0077
.etc.calamares.modules.shellprocess_logs.conf:
 ---
 dontChroot: true
 timeout: 30
 script:
     - calamares-logs-helper ${ROOT}
.etc.calamares.modules.unpackfs.conf:
 ---
 unpack:
     - source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
         sourcefs: "squashfs"
         destination: ""
ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-11-11 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 24.04 "Noble Numbat" - Daily amd64 (20231110)
Package: calamares 3.3.0-alpha4-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-9.9-generic 6.5.3
RelatedPackageVersions:
 calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:23.10.4
 calamares-settings-lubuntu 1:23.10.4
 xfsprogs 6.3.0-1ubuntu1
 btrfs-progs 6.3.2-1
Tags: noble
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-9-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

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[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Hey, two questions for you...

 A) What is the exact version of calamares-settings-lubuntu installed on your system?
 B) Did you select *anything* during the Customize menu?

I'm still working out some of the issues with snap installs via that menu. If you *are* on the newest version of calamares-settings-lubuntu (and friends) but did *not* select any additional packages, well, Houston, we have a problem.

Thanks for what you do, I appreciate the bug report.

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Ah, so apparently I can't read.

What kind of internet connection are you working with?

[lotuspsychje (lotuspsychje)]

@19 simon

Im did the setup over wifi vdsl2 pretty fast connection

i noticed unpacking the packages from usb stick (2.0) was a bottleneck and the locale-gen was pretty slow too,

after 50% the install went much faster

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

> feels rather slowly (around 30min) and then finishes well.

I'm inclined to file this as Opinion for now, since installs can take some time, depending on the machine.

It's not something I can consistently reproduce on any of my hardware or VMs. Yes, every once in a while it has the ability to freeze for a minute or two, but I would like to hope it doesn't if I were to crank the system resources down.

If you can nail down what specifically is causing this Heisenbug, by all means.