[lubuntu-devel] How to install Lubuntu Cosmic

[Nio Wiklund]

Hi again Simon,

Thanks for the bugfixes in and aroung Calamares :-)

Unfortunately there are more bugs along the road. I am reporting two 
more now after testing again in the computer from 2008 with an Athlon CPU.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1780977

and

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1780984

Best regards
Nio

Den 2018-07-10 kl. 08:14, skrev Nio Wiklund:
> Hi Simon,
> 
> [replying inline]
> 
> Best regards
> Nio
> 
> Den 2018-07-09 kl. 20:36, skrev Simon Quigley:
>> Hi Nio,
>>
>> On 07/09/2018 09:50 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>> I tried to install Lubuntu Cosmic from the 64-bit daily iso file (dated
>>> July 7). I failed after trying in several ways to install it via a USB
>>> pendrive (cloned with mkusb), a DVD disk (burned and verified with k3b).
>>> Several different errors were displayed, depending on what options I
>> tried.
>> It would be great if you could get the error logs from those.
> 
> During the next few days I will try to run several test cases and report 
> bugs if/when I find new ones.
> 
>>> The target was my Toshiba laptop with Intel i5 (generation 3), that I
>>> have used to test Lubuntu since 2013. It seems to me that Calamares does
>>> not work, at least not as it is bundled in Lubuntu Cosmic right now.
>> How did you launch Calamares? Right now, you need to go to the start
>> menu and search "Install System" which should launch it. If not, type
>> `sudo calamares` (yes, sudo, pkexec doesn't work and sudo doesn't break
>> anything in this case) in QTerminal.
> 
> I started Calamares via the start menu.
> 
> I have not yet tried 'sudo calamares'
> 
>> <snip />> If *you* can install Lubuntu Cosmic with Calamares, please
>> describe with
>>> details, how to select options in the different steps, and tell me if
>>> there are other things to consider, for example about the computer
>>> (hardware components and settings).
>> You just go through the install like normal.
> 
> This is what I have tried (and Calamares fails). I have tried different 
> options, and 'nothing' has worked so far. I have 'only' tried in real 
> computers, not in any virtual machine.
> 
> But installing from the Ubuntu mini.iso (also 64-bits) was successful. 
> The result was a working Lubuntu installed system (without zram).
> 
>> The only thing I haven't tested yet is Secure Boot, so if you have error
>> messages from that, it would be great if you could file a bug with them
>> against calamares-settings-ubuntu.
> 
> Yes, I can try UEFI mode and secure boot in my Toshiba laptop from 2013, 
> and report whatever result I get.
>> Thanks.
>>
>