Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:27:53 GMT From: "Steven D. Meacham" <smeacham@intcon.net> To: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> Cc: "Steven D. Meacham" <steve.meacham@homemail.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question re:dual processors Message-ID: <20000510.23275302@mis.configured.host> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000510141813.10190A-100000@spectre> References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000510141813.10190A-100000@spectre>
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On 5/10/00, 1:24:09 PM, Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org> wrote regarding Re: Question re:dual processors: > >From the Hardware FAQ: (http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/hardware.html#AEN1108) > Q: Does FreeBSD support Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP)? > A: SMP is supported in 3.0-STABLE and later releases only. I have already read the FAQ and portions of the handbook and I knew that SMP is supported by 3.0 and above. I really wanted to know if it is enabled "out-of-the-box" or if kernal tweaking is needed like with Linux. > As for your KDE display, it sounds like you are running in 256-color > (8bpp) resolution. Run XF86Setup and try to increase your colors to 16 or > 24 bpp (64k or 16M colors). This is assuming your video card can handle > that much color. I'm using a Matrox Millenium II with 8Mb. It can definitely handle the color depth. I'll check it out this evening when I re-install FreeBSD. > - M - > On Wed, 10 May 2000, Steven D. Meacham wrote: > > Hi > > I need to know if there is special configuration required to support > > dual processors in FreeBSD. I'm installing 4.0-Release according to > > the install|options screens. The box has an Intel PR440FX mainboard > > with dual pentium pro 180Mhz processors. Linux requires a kernal > > rebuild to turn on support. > > Also, if someone can advise me, I have another minor question. I've > > noticed the FreeBSD KDE is not nearly as graphically clear and refined > > as the KDE on Linux-Mandrake 7.0. By this, I mean that the graphics > > are blockier, grainer and just look unprofessional. Is this something > > that I did wrong in my setup, or what? > > Thanks for your help... > > Steven Meacham > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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