Kernel 2.6.10-1.14_FC2

[David Curry]

Dave Jones wrote:

>On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:36:36PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> > Dave Jones wrote:
> > 
> > >On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 07:09:02PM -0500, David Curry wrote:
> > >> I downloaded the 2.6.10-1.14_FC2 kernel today and promptly rebooted to 
> > >> give it a spin.
> > >> 
> > >> My system froze up fairly quickly and then repeated that performance on 
> > >> reboot.  The only way I was able to recover control of the system in 
> > >> both instances was through pushing Reset on the box.
> > >> 
> > >> On the first occurence, I had stepped away from the machine for several 
> > >> minutes and returned to discover a screensaver pattern on the screen 
> > >> with system completely unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
> > >> 
> > >> On the second occurence, I stepped away for a few minutes and returned 
> > >> to find a dialogue box displayed on the desktop advising that the volume 
> > >> control applet had died suddenly and asking if I wanted to restart it.  
> > >> I selected "No".  Within seconds the Gnome panel at the bottom of the 
> > >> screen disappeared and the system was unresponsive to mouse and keyboard.
> > >> 
> > >> Is anyone else experiencing this system behavior with the new kernel?
> > >
> > >Did you try the .13 one too ?  I'm curious if this is something
> > >introduced by the exec-shield fixes.
> > >
> > >		Dave
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > NO.  I wasn't aware that there as a .13 kernel, Dave.  I moved from .12 
> > to .14 when the up2date icon advised that non-kernel updates were 
> > available and learned that .14 had been released. 
>
>It was in the updates-testing pool only.
>http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/2/i386/kernel-smp-2.6.10-1.13_FC2.i686.rpm
>
>If you could give that a try and find out if it also has problems,
>that would narrow it down a little.
>
>		Dave
>
>  
>
I have a single processor and have never tried a smp kernel.  Would the 
.13 kernel work on my system?