On 4/15/05, James Kosin <jkosin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Well, I'll have to agree with you there. I know that a HT P4 is no match for a dual CPU system. I guess I was just surprised that it seemed to work fine in the past with the smp kernels, but all of a sudden it failed. I don't have a whole lot of load on this system, so I doubt that I will notice much difference by not using the smp version. > Next, check your video card drivers.... If you are using nVidia, ATI > they usually need new drivers with each kernel update! I do recall having problems with using nVidia cards, so the card I am using now is an ATI card. I have not had any problems at all with this card through all the kernels up until now. When I was having problems with my nVidia card, I couldn't even get to the logon screen, so that card was in the system for all of about an hour until I swapped it out and started using my ATI card. -- David Registered Linux User 383030 (since everyone else was doing it 8-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary, and those who don't.
