Bug 112

Summary:	Live installer, wrong resource calculation
Product:	[ROSA-based products] ROSA Fresh	Reporter:	Nux <nux>
Component:	Packages from Main	Assignee:	ROSA Linux Bugs <bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	ROSA Linux Bugs <bugs>
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	Normal	CC:	dmitry.postnikov, konstantin.vlasov
Version:	Marathon
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Platform:	---	ROSA Vulnerability identifier:
RPM Package:		ISO-related:
Bad POT generating:		Upstream:
Attachments:	Wrong "low resources" warning

Description Nux 2012-04-21 18:52:48 MSK

Created attachment 60 [details]
Wrong "low resources" warning

Description of problem:
The live installer says: "Your system resources are too low".
Screenshot here: http://img.nux.ro/rosalts2-12beta_lowresources.png


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2012 LTS Beta

How reproducible:
Always

Comment 1 Konstantin Vlasov 2012-04-23 12:59:58 MSK

Cannot reproduce with build 240.

Comment 2 Nux 2012-04-23 14:09:20 MSK

Hi,

Where can I download build 240?
Also, which is the recommended version to test and submit bug reports for?

Comment 3 Konstantin Vlasov 2012-04-23 14:51:15 MSK

(In reply to comment #2)
> Where can I download build 240?
> Also, which is the recommended version to test and submit bug reports for?

http://abf.rosalinux.ru/downloads/rosa2012lts/product/240/ROSA.2012.LTS/iso/ROSA.2012.MARATHON/

There are newer builds, but they might be unofficial and experimental, so the 240th is de-facto what most testers and developers use at the moment.

Comment 4 Nux 2012-04-24 20:18:27 MSK

Hello Konstantin,

Unfortunately build 240 behaves the same way, check this screenshot:
http://img.nux.ro/lowresourcesagain.png

Comment 5 Postnikov Dmitry 2012-04-24 20:52:02 MSK

You run the LiveCD in VirtualBox.

A)Do the following:
1. Install any ISO ROSA in VirtualBox.
2. Start LiveCD in VirtualBOX.
And then you have a system would NOT swear on the unformatted partition /dev/vda

B)Or sdeylayte as follows:
1. Start LiveCD in VirtualBox
2. Make a partition using fdisk /dev/vda
3. Format this partition with mke2fs
4. Restart LiveCD in VirtualBox
And then you have a system would NOT swear on the unformatted partition /dev/vda

Comment 6 Nux 2012-04-24 22:36:54 MSK

Dmitry,

Thanks for clarifying this. In this case I think this warning then creates more trouble than it solves... it should either recognize empty space or just warn about memory. Or remove it altogether.

Comment 7 Postnikov Dmitry 2012-04-24 23:11:15 MSK

The ROSA-Live swears by the empty space, because he needed a swap. A scratch on the swap space is not.
I think the ROSA-Live should not warn about empty space. He has ALL of their data stored in RAM and not use a swap to the Live mode. And in order to have enough RAM to Live mode, it is necessary to run fewer Live mode services. Then it will be enough RAM and it will not require swap space.

Comment 8 Konstantin Vlasov 2012-04-25 20:06:11 MSK

I investigated the problem and found that it was caused by the "vda" disk name (system requirements checker failed to recognize it and thought there were no disks at all). The fix is ready, and in some of the future builds the problem should be fixed.

Thanks for the report.

Comment 9 Konstantin Vlasov 2012-05-31 12:48:19 MSK

The problem is fixed in release ISOs. Closing.