[PLUG] Breezy

User Iam vramnum10 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 4 08:19:49 UTC 2006


On 7/4/06, Bruce Kilpatrick <bakilpatrick at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> After my last post and discussion with Aaron, I started doing some
> digging in Breezy.  I just thought all was well with Breezy.  It has
> many of the same problems that my "upgraded to Dapper" has.
>
> Aaron noticed that Dapper was only using one of my processors.  Breezy
> has the same issue.  After a little digging on the Internet, I note that
> I should probably be using the *.*.*-686-smp kernel instead of the
> 2.6.12-10-386 that /var/log/messages reports.
>
> After doing some Google work looking for a set of instructions for
> updating a kernel, I decided that one of you would most likely know
> where I could find that information.  So...
>
> A couple of questions...
> 1. Do I need a new kernel or do I just need to reconfigure the one I have?
> If so, where can I find instructions for downloading an appropriate smp
> kernel, building(?), installing said kernel, and is this a safe process?




use the following command.. Choose the appropiate image

 apt-cache search smp | grep smp

Post again if you still have problems

Vram





2.  How long does this process take on a PIII 933 dually working with
> half it's horsepower (I realize this is asking for a guesstimate)?
> 3.  If I were to dump my vision of a working Dapper until the Ubuntu CDs
> arrive in the mail box, what flavor of Linux would you all recommend for
> my second hard drive?
> I had thought to install Slackware, but my 10.2 coasters are not being
> helpful (something about a corrupt or missing something or another).  I
> have a live Gentoo CD which will also install, but I read that might tax
> my knowledge of Linux.  I may try anyway...worst case scenario is format
> and start over...and can someone close to Sandy, Oregon burn the install
> disk(s) for me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bruce
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