Hi, > > I think he may have disabled hyperthreading in the BIOS. No it is definately enabled in the BIOS and I haven't changed any BIOS settings since I tried FC1 which it was working with. > Good point. Peter, you can either add it to your /etc/grub.conf > (symlink to /boot/grub/grub.conf) or add it during the boot process. To > add it to your grub file, you'll want to change the relevant kernel line > so it looks something like this: > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-4.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/ acpismp=force > > Or, you can add the option from the grub menu at boot. When the grub > menu comes up, hit "e" to enter edit mode. Cursor to the kernel line > and hit "e" again. Add "acpismp=force" to the end of the line. Hit > enter. Hit "b" to boot. Ok thanks for the instructions, never had to do that before :) Tried it but it didn't work :( Same results as before. I have however had a closer look in /var/log/messages and there is an ominous log entry that I missed seeing before kernel: SMP motherboard not detected. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! -- Regards, +-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ | Peter Kiem .^. | E-Mail : <zordah@xxxxxxxxxx> | | Zordah IT /V\ | Mobile : +61 0414 724 766 | | IT Consultancy & /( )\ | WWW : www.zordah.net | | Internet Services ^^-^^ | ICQ : "Zordah" 866661 | +-----------------------------+---------------------------------+ My current spamtrap address is est1203@xxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list