-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 dpet wrote: > I may have been misleading people. I'll start the story from the > beginning. > > I acquired this Dell 9400, to replace my Toshiba (that didn't seem > to like Fedora much) and installed kernel-2054 from DVD. Having got > the ethernet set up, I did a yum update kernel and it installed > kernel 2174-smp. Is this a correct thing for core duo systems? Yep. I've used the smp kernels on this laptop with both FC4 and FC5. > Well, to cut a long story short, I now find that kernel-2174 > responds correctly to the installation of ipw3945, but I still have > this error and kernel panic with the smp version. Strange when an > article covers this on a Samsung, using a slightly earlier > kernel-smp, with no problem. Odd indeed. I've not had any kernel panics using the driver with any of the fedora kernels. > Well, I will use the working version for now, but see if I can > somehow sort out the smp in the future Best of luck! - -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ====================================================================== If age imparted wisdom, there wouldn't be any old fools. -- Claudia Young -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iQFDBAEBAgAtBQJE7ljuJhhodHRwOi8vd3d3LnBvYm94LmNvbS9+dG16L3BncC90 bXouYXNjAAoJEEMlk4u+rwzjYbUH/1UvATI3dxurEfEarlMsIIKChAnjWAR2K4Sg nOqder4YxuXGPZggya65wrokAiKfBmp8pC2ec/QgMQFyPgcpsai2m0fvcrEUP8+m ow7ELwdozV8b+dFLwfYs+YjRuYVTzTV9KJJ32bi3ecRt+tp4UPjRH3TNwwXP9Aq2 A2wJgEApL4Y+Z68PDGAwwpHuoxYl40ROc4FI48n1SIZ84E5Tdo/psfYTzRFziTf/ weHcQ6AM/26xzke6ETOIssoUPTu0rR7DPbJ1PjaO+1OGWE+wHoSHmZHD/vklRDwD cGv8cCuwRIJ27LeSesE4Fftfpe9EdvJ9l7T5xDK2XcyWzw1bQ4U= =eIzc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----