installer crashed - lubuntu b23 @ 112MB box

[Yotam Medini]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Insraller crashed of LUbuntu b23.
I started it from an lxterminal issuing:
   ubiquity --desktop gtk_ui
This is an old UMAX laptop: 112MB (233MHz).

The error dialog had:

[[[
We're sorry; the installer crashed. Please file a new bug report at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+filebug (do not attach
your details to any existing bug) and a developer will attend to the
problem as soon as possible. To help the developers understand what
went wrong, include the following detail in your bug report, and
attach the files /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 664, in poke_screensaver
    gobject.SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL))
GError: Failed to fork (Cannot allocate memory)
]]]

I will soon attach the requested files.

[Yotam Medini (yotam-medini-gmail)]

On a second trial the installation went thru successfully!
This time, I had one less tab within the lxterminal,
and without the 'top' application I was running on previous failed attempt.
May this allowed for sufficient memory to ubiquity.

There was, at some point, one annoying dialog warning message:
[forgive my poor ASCII-art of the dialog-window]

   ==========================
   | apt configuration problem
   | =========================
   | An attempt to configure apt to install
   | additional packages from the CD failed.
   -------------------------------------------------------

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Reviewing your log files attached to this bug report it seems that there is a problem with your installation media (CD/DVD) or with your hardware. Please retry your installation with new media and if it still fails I'd recommend testing your memory. In the event that is is not in fact an error with your installation media or hardware please set the bug's status back to New. Thanks and good luck!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Upon further consideration we'd actually like a new bug report if you still have troubles with the installer after resolving this hardware error so I am setting this bug report to Invalid. Thanks for your understanding.