Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 10/20/05, Statux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 18:00 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > I'm not having your SMP problem but I did have the keyboard hang when > > I first tried going to SMP. In you have a USB keyboard available it > > will likely not have the problem. Someone on

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 21:10 -0400, Statux wrote: > On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 18:00 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > Well I manage an electronics department somewhere in this world so > getting a new keyboard won't be an issue (just a little money). I've > been so happy using my Microsoft keyboard which i

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Statux
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 18:00 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > I'm not having your SMP problem but I did have the keyboard hang when > I first tried going to SMP. In you have a USB keyboard available it > will likely not have the problem. Someone on the LKML also suggested a > boot option called 'usb-han

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Mark Knecht
On 10/20/05, Statux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't test this any further with my disappearing keyboard issue. > I'm not having your SMP problem but I did have the keyboard hang when I first tried going to SMP. In you have a USB keyboard available it will likely not have the problem. Someo

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Statux
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 16:15 -0500, Jeff Smelser wrote: > This sounds kinda dumb, but I would pull out a gentoo live CD and see if it > detects it. If it doesnt, there is something bios/hardware wise wrong with > your setup, if it does, we can start going through kernel wise.. Interesting news,

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Statux
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 15:46 -0600, Dennis wrote: > You may check into that possiblility before wasting too much time > tweeking kernel options. This motherboard, BIOS, and CPU all do support it. The problem seems to be that ACPI fails to start for some reason. Solving that should fix everything.

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Dennis
Statux wrote: > Hello all. > > I've done a fair amount of research in order to try and solve the issue > of my HyperThreading not getting enabled. I, however, have not gotten > anywhere with it. > > I've got a 3.0GHz P4 with HyperThreading (Intel 531 processor for those > of you who know of the I

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Jeff Smelser
On Wednesday 19 October 2005 10:55 pm, Statux wrote: > I've got a 3.0GHz P4 with HyperThreading (Intel 531 processor for those > of you who know of the Intel Processor Numbers) - kernel 2.6.13. I've > enabled SMP and the HT scheduling option in the kernel config along with > ACPI as I was told tha

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Statux
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 21:25 -0700, Richard Fish wrote: [snip] > Try adding acpi=ht to your kernel command line, which will enable just > enough of ACPI to get hyperthreading working. I tried adding that and the kernel recognises that I've tried the option but ACPI still won't start up (I even r

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-20 Thread Statux
On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 15:27 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: [snip] > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR=y > CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2 You've probably got certain things selected under ACPI because you're using a laptop. This is merely a desktop system so all I really need to do, as far as I know - correct me if I'm wrong

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-19 Thread Iain Buchanan
On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 23:55 -0400, Statux wrote: > Hello all. > I've got a 3.0GHz P4 with HyperThreading (Intel 531 processor for those > of you who know of the Intel Processor Numbers) - kernel 2.6.13. I have a 3.0GHz P4 HT in my laptop, with HT working fine(ish) on 2.6.13 I did some random gre

Re: [gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-19 Thread Richard Fish
Statux wrote: Hello all. current situation. I did recall that I had ACPI turned off in BIOS which logically should be on for the kernel to get any hardware backing but enabling it caused my keyboard to work up until a few seconds after the login prompt comes up. After that, it locks up (LEDs do

[gentoo-user] HyperThreading won't activate

2005-10-19 Thread Statux
Hello all. I've done a fair amount of research in order to try and solve the issue of my HyperThreading not getting enabled. I, however, have not gotten anywhere with it. I've got a 3.0GHz P4 with HyperThreading (Intel 531 processor for those of you who know of the Intel Processor Numbers) - kern