Maybe it's time for beta 3? Or a another try to update my beta2

[Killerbee]

(22nd Dec, 2013 12:30 AM)mk01 Wrote:  you can also edit /etc/default/zram-swap SIZE=0 (then stop zram-swap start zram-swap). then we finished.

one more idea :
vm.min_free_kbytes - double it to 16384, or 32768.

I did both! and that worked
By the way the value for vm.min_free_kbytes was 8192.

So what I did was:
Changed /etc/default/zram-swap SIZE=0
and changed
/etc/sysctrl.d/xbian.conf vm.min_free_kbytes=32768.
Reboot
stop xbmc
setup a remote ssh session and login with xbian
sudo -i
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
..
All went well. Xbian rebooted

setup a remote ssh session
I checked the vm.min_free_kbytes parameters and is was set to 16384.
I checked the SIZE parameters and is was still 0

added the staging and devel repo's
and ran apt-get update; apt-get upgrade (without stopping xbmc)

Code:

Preparing to replace xbian-package-firmware 1.4-7 (using .../xbian-package-firmware_1.4.11_armhf.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xbian-package-firmware ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xbian-package-firmware_1.4.11_armhf.deb (--unpack):
unable to sync file '/boot/fixup.dat.dpkg-new': Input/output error
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
unable to restore backup version of `/opt/vc/include/GLES2/gl2ext.h': Read-only file system
Bus error

the system did not respond. So I switched of the power and booted

Changed file to
/etc/sysctrl.d/xbian.conf vm.min_free_kbytes=32768
reboot
apt-get upgrade

to be continued...

continue:
system freezes again. So I rebooted and ran apt-get upgrade. This time I stopped xbmc.
All upgrades were installed correctly!

So temp conclusion:
It worked for me with:
/etc/sysctrl.d/xbian.conf vm.min_free_kbytes=32768
Changed /etc/default/zram-swap SIZE=0
xbmc stopped.

Next test:
do the same test as above with zram-swap enabled.

KB