[Bug 55775] Re: try to deal with out-of-memory more gracefully?

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  try to deal with out-of-memory more gracefully?

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Reporting on behalf of Popolon (see bug #54815 ):

  I install Ubuntu but the installer crashed with error
  We're sorry; the installer crashed. Please file a bug report at https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+filebug 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/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
      install(sys.argv[1])
    File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
      ret = wizard.run()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 266, in run
      self.process_step()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 741, in process_step
      self.mountpoints_to_summary()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1029, in mountpoints_to_summary
      self.progress_loop()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 538, in progress_loop
      raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s; see "
  RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1; see /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog

  I just have the bug with a 128Mb computer

  I made an about 512Mo swap partition (ubunutu unusable (toooooo slow,
  doesn't finished booting after half hour) without hard drive swap
  partition on this computer).

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