zram-config is not working on non-English locales in vivid

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Apr 25 21:51:35 username-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Failed to start Initializes zram swaping.
Apr 25 21:51:35 username-VirtualBox systemd[1]: zram-config.service failed.

Please file bugs with Apport (i. e. ubuntu-bug). What does

  sudo systemctl status -l zram-config.service

say? Does this work under upstart?

For the record, I tried "apt-get install zram-config" on a 15.04 VM and rebooted, and it works fine.

@Martin Pitt (pitti): how?
I just recreated a new vm with extra swap partition, but the error message is the same.
=> error_message.txt

@Martin Pitt (pitti)
I suppose you tested on a system with english language and not with german?

After I saw this bug report:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zram-config/+bug/1443699
I tried an english installation and zram works ...

However, this did not solve the problem.

Hi,

I have done 2 bug reports and was notified my bug report was a duplicate of here. It's not exactly happening the same way, so I come here and bring the link to mine: #1449678

It works partly, in a French install (why would the language be involved? zram is nothing else than a kernel module creating a block device in ram!). But it creates only one device where 2 would be expected in a PC with 2 CPU: #1449665 and in #1449678 I report a partial failure, as one block device is created, but the stop/start /restart processes using systemctl do not work.

PS: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zram-config/+bug/1449665
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zram-config/+bug/1449678

I see. Script uses `free` command and then greps the output. And `free` command uses l10n, so grep is unsuccessful. I have Russian localization, so I faced this bug too.

The patch works, thanks.

That might be. I have started a

sorry (there should be a mean to edit a comment). I started a Live desktop Vivid in Virtualbox and started it with English on. zram-config was not installed in that one ISO, I added it on the fly in the Live. Here is are the results:
http://paste.ubuntu.com/10946580/

Please notice, right after installing it isn't started, as shows the output of "cat /proc/swaps" invoked immediately after. I would think the post install script would take care of it.

The attachment "Added LANG=C before "free" command. Works like a charm." seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

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Thanks! Uploaded with using LC_ALL, as that's stronger/safer than LANG.

This bug was fixed in the package zram-config - 0.4

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zram-config (0.4) wily; urgency=medium

  * Call "free" command under C locale to avoid it failing under non-English
    locales. Thanks GamePad64 for the initial patch! (LP: #1448530)

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Fri, 29 May 2015 13:04:37 +0200

Hello asgard2, or anyone else affected,

Accepted zram-config into vivid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/zram-config/0.3.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hello,

finally its running :))

Its running in the newest proposed Version0.31

How do i verifie that the patch works? Where is the button?

I can confirm that zram-config 0.3.1 is working.

This bug was fixed in the package zram-config - 0.3.1

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zram-config (0.3.1) vivid; urgency=medium

  * Backport 2 fixes from wily:
    - Call "free" command under C locale to avoid it failing under non-English
    locales. Thanks GamePad64 for the initial patch! (LP: #1448530)
    - rmmod doesn't support -w anymore, ensure that the module is removed and
    that the service stops properly (LP: #1449678)

 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:13:05 +0200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for zram-config has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.