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David Hoffman wrote:
|I have been using smp kernels since I first installed FC3, and have |had no problems until now. But after this last upgrade, my system |starts up fine and gets to the Gnome login screen. I enter my user |name and password, and it starts to log me in... and then totally |locks up the whole system. | |If I boot the NON-smp kernel, it works fine. I do have a P4 with |HyperThreading, and so the smp kernel loads as the system sees two |CPUs. | |My log files don't seem to show anything out of the ordinary... all |the services start up, gnome starts, and after the username and |password are entered, I see gconfd loading it's configuration. The |next thing I see is the machine starting up after I do a full reset. |No error messages. | |I don't recall seeing anything in the past few days that are specific |to smp kernels not booting when non-smp kernels work fine. | |So if anyone knows of a bug report or previous thread about this, |please point me in that direction. | |Thanks | You may want to check the release notes for the kernel. I know they have been working on the HyperThreading thing for some time. I'm not keeping track; but, I believe there may be an issue with using the SMP kernel with a P4. I usually think SMP works better with multiple CPUs. HyperThreading is really a trick more than multiple CPUs.
Next, check your video card drivers.... If you are using nVidia, ATI they usually need new drivers with each kernel update!
James
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