* Gedi (gedi@ntlworld.com) [030117 11:22]: ::This is strange. Has anyone come across this before? :: ::I did a complete fresh install of SuSE 8.0 pro. When complete I entered ::the OS with no problems. Just to make sure I rebooted went back into the ::newly installed OS again. Everything was fine. :: ::I then downloaded the latest 2.4.19 kernel from mantel from ::'ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/people/mantel/next/RPM/k_smp-2.4.19-204.i586.rpm ::' (I am running a p4 and the current kernel detected this and installed ::smp. Uname gave '2.4.18-64GB-smp' or whatever, I can't remember the ::exact syntax). :: ::OK, with no drivers installed, still running a completely fresh install, ::I opened up kpackage and using the mantel kernel, I updated the current ::one. ::I then rebooted to check the new kernel, the screen initializes with ::'loading linux.......' then it just hangs. ::If I try running the 'linux - safe settings' the same thing happens. ::Whats happened here? :: ::I was under the impression the rpm file did everything required to fully ::update the kernel. Did I miss something, do I need to alter some ::configuration files? If you are not running a dual processor machine. Then you should not be running an SMP kernel. It's for machines with more then one proc in them. I would boot off the CD telling it to boot installed system. It will use the kernel on the CD. Then I would replace the SMP kernel with the one called k_deflt because this would be for single proc machines. Your problems will most likely disappear, but because you are using Mantel's 2.4.19 kernel on an 8.0 system..you may have to update some other pkgs to get everything running up to spec. -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org Tell me what you believe.. I'll tell you what you should see.