kernel 2.6.38.8-pclos1.pae

[ponchuk]

I changed to this distro insted of 2.6.38.8 bse. I have been getting intermitten hang ups. I have to restart the computer and it works fine.  Is kernel 2.6.38.8 pae not as stable?

[T6]

the original kernel is bfs, haven't seen a bse in repos

pae kernel is a kernel that works with a pae enabled cpu to handle 4 gbs of ram or more

if your cpu doesn't have pae extensions or you don't have 4 gbs of ram, it won't help you, other than that all kernels are identical afik

[ponchuk]

sorry it is bfe. also have 8 g of ram. how do you know if cpu have pae extensions. my hdware information tells me i have 8g of ram installed and able to use.

[T6]

*bfs

what cpu do you have?  if it is intel you can visit the intel website and check the specs, same for amd

not sure if cat/proc/cpuinfo in konsole can give you that information, mine doesn't mention it but mentions some info about the cpu

probably pclinux control center/hardware section can give you more information

[YouCanToo]

sorry it is bfe. also have 8 g of ram. how do you know if cpu have pae extensions. my hdware information tells me i have 8g of ram installed and able to use.

You aren't if you are running a standard 32 bit system. If you are using the .pae kernel that you should be able to address all your memory.

Also there is no such think as a .bfe kernel. It is .bfs as T6 mentioned.

[djohnston]

Is kernel 2.6.38.8 pae not as stable?

The kernel is extremely stable. http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,93836.0.html

Here's my system info.

[darrel@AMD64 ~]$ uname -r
2.6.38.8-pclos1.pae.bfs
[darrel@AMD64 ~]$ free -l
                     total          used           free  shared    buffers       cached
Mem:       4100884    2974100    1126784          0      29268    2408008
Low:          857100      561184      295916
High:        3243784    2412916       830868
-/+ buffers/cache:       536824      3564060
Swap:      2096444                0     2096444
[darrel@AMD64 ~]$

[luikki]

lshw (available un synaptic) gives details of cup capabilities...
as here:

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*-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3800+
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 3
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 15.15.0
          serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
          slot: CPUSocket
          size: 2GHz
          capacity: 2400MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 200MHz
          capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow up


[Vorteggs]

There is also a .bfs.pae kernel which I suppose combines the features of .bfs and .pae.
I am with the latest .bfs.pae kernel and have no problems and it's fast.

[OMSkates]

I changed to this distro insted of 2.6.38.8 bse. I have been getting intermitten hang ups. I have to restart the computer and it works fine.  Is kernel 2.6.38.8 pae not as stable?

Can you post your output of uname -r?

[Neal ManBear]

Try upgrading your kernel from 2.6.38.8-pclos1 to 2.6.38.8-pclos3. Reboot after installing the new kernel and give the boot up extra time as the drivers need to be rebuilt against the new kernel.
Also, do not remove the old kernel. Keep it as a back up boot option.

[kc1di]

just installed 2.6.38.8-pclos.pae.bfs and it is working fine here reasonably fast and finds all my ram.  As someone has already pointed out there is no bse kernel.  Try this one it may work for you also.
Cheers
 

[ponchuk]

what does 2.6.38.8-pclos3 do?

[T6]

work with your hardware?

[Old-Polack]

what does 2.6.38.8-pclos3 do?

   It's a kernel, so it does what kernels do... it's the main piece of your OS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_(computing)

[ponchuk]

i see in pkg manager 2.6.38.8-pclos3.pae.bfs and one with just pae.  which one to use and why. what is the difference if i want to run with all my memory working