Re: kernel mess

[Thierry Chatelet]

Bruno Buys wrote: I upgraded my cpu couple weeks ago, from a sempron2600+ to a 3400+ (754). The thing is, 3400+ has the x86_64 instruction set. My current stock kernel 2.6.8-2-k7 sees the sse3 instruction set (listed as 'pni' below), but does not report x86_64 (i'm not sure if it doesn't see the x86_64 or if it simply doesn't report it. Suggestions on how to figure this out are welcome). I then installed two more kernels to play with: the 2.6.8-12-amd64-generic and the 2.6.8-12-amd64-k8. Both boot and run ok, but I failed to install nVidia drivers for these two, following every suggestion on Andrew's guide (http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html). Also the kernel module for qemu would need to be reinstalled. So here's my question: will the trouble of getting nvidia binary driver and kqemu to work on some of these kernels pay off? I am better off sticking to my 2.6.8-2-k7? thanks! frank:/home/bruno# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 44 model name : AMD Hammer Family processor - Model Unknown stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 2043.279 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni bogomips : 4038.65 Here are some simpler instruction on how to install an nvidia driver; It works well.  The explanations are for i386, but you can use them for amd64. I installed one PC with it a few days ago: http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/debian/debian-nvidia-dri-howto.txt