On 2020-08-25 13:58, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 11:30 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> With F32 and previous versions I've been able to install Workstation and other spins in a QEMU VM >> with about 1200MB~1248MB of memory. With F33 the install process crashes during the "installing software" >> phase. >> >> Is this expected? >> >> FWIW, the "Everything-netinst" install of a KDE system did install just fine with 1248MB assigned. >> >> Currently using... >> >> Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-33-20200824.n.0.iso >> Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-33-20200824.n.0.iso >> Fedora-KDE-Live-x86_64-33-20200824.n.0.iso > Are there any hints why it crashed in the journal? That is pretty > tight memory wise. Minimum RAM 2G is what's listed on getfedora.org, > and 4G i s recommended. The biggest difference memory wise I can think > of between F32 and F33 is no disk based swap by default. It uses zram > based swap. And in such a tight case, only 50% may not be enough. > > Even before the zram change though, I'd see ~250M of swap used with a > 2G VM. So that means it's already under provisioned, and walking on > thin ice. > > But we should make sure we have a complete explanation before making > adjustments. You could see if zram set to 75% and 100% help, just as > an extra data point. Create /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf and edit > to include > > [zram0] > zram-fraction=0.75 > > and then 'systemctl restart swap-create@zram0' > > confirm with swapon and/or zramctl that its size is 75% that of totalmemory > > You can do this prior to beginning the installation. > OK, doing the above still resulted in a crash. But, it happened later in the process. The journal did show Aug 25 02:27:15 localhost-live anaconda[2042]: program: stderr: Aug 25 02:27:14 localhost-live anaconda[2042]: program: Running... umount /run/install/source Aug 25 02:27:13 localhost-live earlyoom[1015]: sending SIGTERM to process 2042 uid 0 "anaconda": ba dness 77, VmRSS 55 MiB Aug 25 02:27:12 localhost-live earlyoom[1015]: low memory! at or below SIGTERM limits: mem 4.00%, swap 10.00% Aug 25 02:27:12 localhost-live earlyoom[1015]: mem avail: 44 of 1191 MiB ( 3.77%), swap free: 0 of 892 MiB ( 0.00%) So, it would seem, zram based swap is less forgiving than disk based swap. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ test mailing list -- test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
