On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 04:39:21 -0500 Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > i think you forgot to 'reply-all' and missed lubuntu-desktop :) > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:37 AM, Yorvyk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 04:17:29 -0500 > > Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Jared Norris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 6 January 2012 17:10, Steven <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, I'm running Lubuntu on a non-PAE kernel too :) > > > > > > > > > > 1.4GHz Pentium M in a Dell Latitude D505 with 512MB RAM from 2004. > > It's > > > > my > > > > > main production machine and runs Lubuntu like a charm. > > > > > > > > > > I've been reading through the emails and irc logs, and it sounds > > like the > > > > > kernel team is maintaining the non-pae kernel in Precise (but not > > > > beyond), > > > > > but just not setting it as the default -- any chance someone can > > convince > > > > > them to make the non-pae kernel the default in just Lubuntu? Colin > > Watson > > > > > mentioned this as a possibility in the Technical Board meeting [1]. > > > > > > > > > > -Steven > > > > > > > > > > [1]: > > > > > > http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2011/ubuntu-meeting.2011-12-12-21.01.moin.txt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Yorvyk < > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Steven, > > > > > > > > Running a PAE kernel and capable of running a PAE kernel are a couple > > > > of different things. I'd honestly be surpised if that CPU wasn't > > > > capable of running a PAE kernel. Are you able to run the command "grep > > > > pae /proc/cpuinfo" to see if it is capable of running a PAE kernel? If > > > > you get any output please paste it back if you're not sure what it > > > > means. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) > > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris > > > > > > > > > > > > > That command doesn't give any output: > > > $ grep pae /proc/cpuinfo > > > $ > > > > > > It was also apparent when I ran a Lubuntu Precise daily-live CD for the > > > first time the other day and got this: > > > "This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: > > > pae > > > Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU." > > > > > > -Steven > > > > > The Pentium M appears to be the most common CPU that can't run a PAE > > kernel. > > As Lubuntu is mainly aimed at low end machines I think we should go with > > the non-PAE kernel as default, this will give us a 'market' not available > > to the other 'ubuntus. > > I seem to remember, at one point there were two kernels on a distro and > > the appropriate one selected depending how much memory was detected. Is > > the feasible. > > What would be really wonderful, would be if the non-PAE kernel was i586. > > This would increase, by a small percentage admittedly, the number of cpus > > Lubuntu could support. > > > > -- > > Yorvyk > >
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