smp conversion

[Matt Patterson]

Which mobo you using? Are you using a pci video card? What sound card do 
you have in hte system? I ran into problems in these areas, fill me in 
and maybe my experiences will be of use.

Matt



Eric S. Johansson wrote:

> I installed ubuntu on my wife's smp machine but it looks like it 
> didn't install an smp kernal.  I installed the latest smp kernal via 
> synaptic, and all appears well until I try to log in.  login appears 
> to proceed normally untill the gnome desktop starts to display.  it 
> gets as far as the dark brown background and the white bars on top and 
> bottom of the screen then the system seems to lock up (can't get to 
> virt consoles)
>
> ideas?
>
> --- eric
>
>