On Tuesday, April 12, 2011 16:03 John Andersen wrote:
On 4/12/2011 8:20 AM, Insomniac wrote:
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Anyway, onto the subject...the kernel that's installed on my (this) stock
install is the kernel 'desktop'.
In YAST software management, I see all kinds of 'kernels', but the
explanation(s) of each aren't very helpful in my determining which one *should* be installed.
My system: ASRock N68-S MOBO (luckily with onboard video!) 2GB DDR2 RAM (I memtested this last night and the RAM is fine) Athlon II X2 240 Dual-core processor (Is this a 64bit or not?) DVD burner and of course the SB Live! soundcard (which I hope isn't the
culprit for all these problems lately!)
Of all the kernels that are listed (desktop, coverage, default, rt, PAE, ec2,
trace, vanilla), which would actually be the best for my system? I use this thing as my music player (got me some really, really nice 500W 5.1 speakers), watching DVD's, experimenting with software (nothing fancy, just if it looks interesting I'll try it. If it doesn't work I uninstall it.), just an everyday user I guess, no huge scientific stuff or graphics work (other than BOINC SETI@home...I run this 24/7/365).
Thanks for any suggestions or pointers where I might be able to read up on
this stuff that a *layman* can understand...no 'man' pages please!
Open suse will virtually always choose the correct kernel these days. So don't mess with what it selects.
Good deal. That's what I was hoping to hear.
I've had more than on GeForce PCIe board go titsup on me, and the only good thing about it is that replacements are dirt cheap at new egg or best buy. You won't need top of the line for your intend use. Could be you on-board will be fine.
This is my first PCIe capable MOBO and card, but if they're still like anything they were like back in the AGP days, then yep, they're almost a throw- away thing...unfortunately. Anyway, it seems that it *is* my video card that was giving me so much trouble. It's under warranty still so I might as well get them to give me a new one even though the onboard seems to be doing fine. Thanks for the reply, it settled a lot that was on my mind. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org