Comment 1 for bug 131495

I was getting the same error on my Toshiba Satellite Pro 445CDX with 80MB of RAM. If you alt+f4 to the log console (alt+f1 to switch back to the frontend installer) you will likely read an out of memory error. This can be fixed by enabling swap space. If you haven't already you will need to find a way to partition your hard drive before you begin the xubuntu install. I used a Vector Linux CD as it is text based and does not crash on this system. Make something about 600MB or bigger (I hope that Tecra doesn't still have its original 1.2gig HD) and write down the /dev name of your swap space you create. Mine was /dev/hda2. Start the xubuntu installation and alt+f2 to the command shell as soon as you can and type the command: swapon /dev/hda2 (or wherever your swap partition is). The installation doesn't crash anymore but it takes forever to install. I left the install running all night last night and when I woke up it was waiting for me to enter proxy information. That was at 10AM. It's now 2AM (16 hours later) and its pitiful 133Mhz MMX Pentium is still chugging away on the "Select and install software" screen at 53%. The language part at the beginning took the most time by far. 50mins for each variation on English (en_UK, en_CA, en_DK, etc.) At this point it will be very disappointing if xubuntu turns out to be unusable on this system or if there are any additional problems with the install.