-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jon wrote: > I'm giving MEPIS a try on my Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop. I gave it a > whirl because the live CD did so well. After the install it's going OK, > but there's a couple of issues to iron out. > > My main concern right now is getting an SMP kernel installed. I used > synaptic to download the smp packages and the 2.16.12.-9-smp kernel. I > was kind of surprised to see that installing that installing a new > kernel didn't result in my menu.lst being modified (does in Kubuntu) so > I manually edited it and added the new kernel. > > When I attempt to boot into that kernel, I just get a blank black > screen. GRUB disappears and leaves me with nothing. I know the file name > is correct because when I screwed it up the first time, GRUB told me. > > Someone in the forums told me to install the K7 smp kernel, but given > that I'm running a Centrino and not an AMD that seems kind of wrong to me. > > Does anyone have any bright ideas on how to get SMP working on my > machine? Maybe I've got the wrong kernel or something? > > Thanks! > > J >
Was SMP not working under Kubuntu? The stock ubuntu kernel worked for me on my dual core laptop (even though I quickly replaced it for other reasons). I would not use the K7 kernel unless you actually had an AMD cpu. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFE+0IxwRXgH3rKGfMRAv/UAJ4hjSOeBOpqSPvJ/KNbYFvjK0rthACdHyZ2 ZvCBaN+X6eT7XqplmY6+asA= =7Ijm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
