NVIDIA updates and RH9.0 with SMP

cwfarley · 09-19-03, 08:17 PM

I have successfully installed the latest update on a new machine which runs RH9.0, but have a slight problem
It has a Pentium 4.0, with hyperthreading, and as such, I have the option at GRUB of selecting the kernel with smp or without smp.
When I choose the .smp kernel, the NVIDIA update works fine.
When I choose the other kernel, it does not find nvidiactl.
I believe I installed the update when the .smp kernel was running, and not when the other was.
Do I need to do the update procedure twice, once for each OS mode?
Thanks

**zander** · 09-20-03, 02:54 AM

Yes, different kernel interface files (and, consequently, different NVIDIA kernel modules) need to be installed for the UP and SMP variants of the kernel.

09-19-03, 08:17 PM	#1
cwfarley Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 1	NVIDIA updates and RH9.0 with SMP I have successfully installed the latest update on a new machine which runs RH9.0, but have a slight problem It has a Pentium 4.0, with hyperthreading, and as such, I have the option at GRUB of selecting the kernel with smp or without smp. When I choose the .smp kernel, the NVIDIA update works fine. When I choose the other kernel, it does not find nvidiactl. I believe I installed the update when the .smp kernel was running, and not when the other was. Do I need to do the update procedure twice, once for each OS mode? Thanks __________________ Craig W. Farley, Ph.D. President and CEO -- Canyon Semiconductor, Inc. 3925 W. Braker Lane -- Austin, TX 78759 Office: 512-305-0970 -- Cell: 512-470-1835

09-20-03, 02:54 AM	#2
zander NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,740	Yes, different kernel interface files (and, consequently, different NVIDIA kernel modules) need to be installed for the UP and SMP variants of the kernel.