Usman S. Ansari wrote: > > Explicitly loaded mga,ko which is video driver loaded in FC4. Still > getting 800 X 400. I think there are more things missed up at install > time. My guess is FC5 install used smp kernel and fail to detect > hardware properly. I had this issue in I think FC3 time. Luckly in FC3 > it used single processor kernel and if I remember correctly most of the > hardware worked OK, I had issues with SMP kernel. At that time I ended > up buiding my own SMP kernel. > > In FC5 I think it used SMP for insstall (that was only kernel after > booting up in FC5). > > The best way is to reinstall FC5 and tell it to use non-SMP. > > Is there an option to tell installer to use non-SMP ? any other > suggestions ? > You don't have to re-install. When you are logged in as root, mount the install media, find the non-SMP kernel, and run rpm -i <kernel rpm>. This should create a Grub entry for it. Then reboot to the new kernel, and use rpm or yum to delete the SMP kernel. (It should be kernel-smp-<version>.) If I understand the way things work, in the future you should then get the same type of kernel as you have installed. I didn't look up your laptop, but I am guessing you would want the kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.i686.rpm. If you have a 64 bit processor, and are running the 64 bit version, then you are stuck with the SMP kernel. I do not know much about that, because I am not running a 64 bit processor. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
