I did test the Lubuntu from Ubuntu and it did fail on the install. I did list the error from GDEBI.
Could you post the error please? Or is it the same from last time?
I was testing on a Virtualbox and I am not sure if that really had an effect on anything.
It should not effect anything on install or working. A VB install thinks it just a normal OS on a real computer. However running say..an emulator or a game in a VB might seem slow as you are running in a slower environment than your actual hardware.
Can you provide any guidance on how to get the version of Lubuntu that you use? Link?
Sure here is the link
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/14.04/release/ It is to an "older" version 14.04 it is still supported though and you should not have any problems. I have problems installing from 15.04 as well. Until they update the repositories fully there is no way around that..that is easy anyway.
Also how do you set it up so that it boots into the Openbox WM and not into a log in manager and then into a desktop environment? If you have any good tuts or links to them I would appreciate that.
Best way to do that is when you set up at install when you make your first account (your super user..or administrator account in windows-ese) check the box that says don't use password to log in. Or if it is already installed click on your menu then goto system tools --> users and groups. From there you can change your password settings...(not needed to log in.)
As for openbox, linux will remember the last environment you used the last time you logged out and log you into that environment automatically. There is something I posted here
http://forum.attractmode.org/index.php?topic=171.msg926#msg926 (it's the third or fourth post on the thread i think) some time ago..I wasn't beautiful or anything..but it got the job done and you had to know that it was a computer desktop you were looking at to know that it was one. That is I made it start antimicro and attract mode..thus I turned on my machine and it took me to the game selection screen without needing to do anything. Let me know if you need help.
I do have a question...when you say P4...I have to ask...please post your specs. That is your CPU speed number of cores, architecture (32 or 64) and amount of ram that you are using (and your graphics card if you want).