i have a dual amd mp cpu machine. slack detects only 1 as an xp. what kernal do i need to solve this. i had same iss w/ mdk 8.0 and rh 7.2. i chose t6he basic kernel for this install.

Please post the output of

uname -a
less /proc/cpuinfo
lspci -v

Cheers,
Tink

processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 1800+
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 1533.440
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr
sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 3060.53

I think you need the smp version of the kernel, i.e. kernel-smp-2.4.20-x

yup i was afaid of that post. hopin i wouldnt bump in2 this smp thing w/ a newer o/s but guess its unavoidable. can someone who is knoledgable bout these thing post the link to the kernal i need in www.kernel.org i always get lost and confused in that site.

Try here:

http://www.tuxfinder.com/packages/?d...ame=kernel-smp

Just go to your closest Slackware mirror,
download the kernel source and enable
SMP and set it up to optimize the kernel
for your box....

Cheers,
Tink

ok i think i found the rite kernel (after days of searching) it is kernel-2.4.20.tar.gz i'm just hoping that this is corect for my setup. now i'm d/l in windows. do i burn this as an image w/ nero like the iso slack 9.0?

thanks much

no, you extract the source into /usr/src/linux.

You then have to go compile your kernel (with the SMP options being on).

Thats a whole different thing, check the tutorial at the top of this forum for help.



But I suggest you do what Tinkster said, as it saves you work. Go to the /k directory of a Slackware FTP, download the kernel source package, and install the package "installpkg kernelsourcefile.tgz". Then go through the tutorial at the top of the forum, and enable SMP and customize for your processors during the "make menuconfig" part of the guide.