John Andersen wrote:
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Patrick Shanahan
wrote: * John Andersen
[06-23-08 15:37]: However, Christopher did install the wrong kernel, and that might be a problem since the Nvidia drivers are built against the default kernel.
*not*! The PAE kernel is the *default* if your chip-set supports it.
If the repository does not contain a PAE version this might explain the problem.
?? He said that he had the PAE version and did not know why ??
Christopher I would recommend, before you get too far into that machine that you re-install either the standard smp kernel or the x86_64 kernel. Both of these are explicitly supported, and there is really no reason you want to be running the PAE kernel with a core 2 duo machine.
Not good advice!
I stand corrected: found this info on the web:
The pae kernel is now enabled by default on pae-enabled systems, the old "default" kernel is available as an option for those systems.
The pae kernel not only supports >4GB memory on 32-bit systems, but also supports additional features like the "no execute" memory protection to try and prevent things like buffer overflows. The devs decided that the pae kernel was the best option for systems that supported it, so it replaces the old -bigsmp kernel option and will be selected in lieu of default when applicable.
No performance hits or anything else to be concerned with.
I noticed that "PAE" when I installed 11.0 on my server. It also added a couple of other entries though. -- Use OpenOffice.org http://www.openoffice.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org