Fwd: Problems Updating Lubuntu 12.04, 12.10, and 13.04 on Slow Machines

[Aere Greenway]

Augustine:

I use this machine (the 450 megahertz) and other machines in my test-bed 
for testing various systems in MIDI music production.  I also have Mac 
and Windows machines for the same purpose.

Because of that, I have a lot of things installed that wouldn't be a 
'pure' Lubuntu system.

Java is not included by default is Lubuntu, but is absolutely essential 
for running my software I'm testing.  I also use JACK, 
Qsynth/Fluidsynth, and PulseAudio (for the Java Sound Synthesizer).

If it is useful to know what packages were installed, I have an 
automated install, so I can name all of the installed packages, but not 
their dependencies.  I install the full list of UbuntuStudio plug-ins.

- Aere

On 04/19/2013 09:37 PM, Augustine Souza wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 1:37 AM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:PhillW at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Aere,
>
>     thank you for a well written and detailed posting on what to
>     expect and do when updating a low powered CPU system. The
>     update-api-index process is easiest described as a process
>     checking to see if there are more updates. That it causes heavy
>     processor usage is a known issue.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Phill.
>     1.
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-xapian-index/+bug/363695
>
>
> Hi, I have the impression that the package "apt-xapian-index", isn't 
> present in a **pure** Lubuntu installation and shouldn't be an issue 
> in a **pure** Lubuntu install. By "pure", I mean an install that 
> doesn't have any other DE or even a software package installed that 
> could pull in "apt-xapian-index" as a dependency.
>
> DEs that would pull in apt-xapian-index can be found by running 
> "apt-cache show apt-xapian-index":
> Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, cloud-image, kubuntu-desktop, 
> kubuntu-full, kubuntu-active-desktop, kubuntu-active-full, 
> kubuntu-active, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-kde, edubuntu-usb, 
> xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, 
> mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop
>
> Lubuntu isn't listed.
>
> An example of installing a software package that would pull in 
> apt-xapian-index is the Ubuntu Software Center:
> apt-get install -s software-center | grep xapian-index
> gives me
>   apt-xapian-index gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 gir1.2-gudev-1.0
>   apt-xapian-index gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 gir1.2-gudev-1.0
> Inst apt-xapian-index (0.44ubuntu7 Ubuntu:12.10/quantal [all])
> Conf apt-xapian-index (0.44ubuntu7 Ubuntu:12.10/quantal [all])
>
> My install is a pure "Lubuntu" and I don't see "apt-xapian-index" 
> listed when I check the output of "dpkg --get-selections". And I 
> haven't been bothered by 100% CPU usage though it was an issue for me 
> when I was on Ubuntu (http://askubuntu.com/q/79481/25656).
>
> Is it possible OP is seeing the activity because of another DE (even 
> though OP hasn't logged into it) or a software package?
>
>
>


-- 
Sincerely,
Aere

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