From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed May 10 16:29:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from linux.intcon.net (linux.intcon.net [206.230.48.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F9E537BA3F for ; Wed, 10 May 2000 16:29:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smeacham@intcon.net) Received: from etower-366c (3.tul-max1.intcon.net [206.230.50.65]) by linux.intcon.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA10717; Wed, 10 May 2000 18:29:10 -0500 From: "Steven D. Meacham" Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:27:53 GMT Message-ID: <20000510.23275302@mis.configured.host> Subject: Re: Question re:dual processors To: Marty Poulin Cc: "Steven D. Meacham" , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mozilla/3.0 (compatible; StarOffice/5.1; Win32) X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 5/10/00, 1:24:09 PM, Marty Poulin wrote regarding = Re: Question re:dual processors: > >From the Hardware FAQ:=20 (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=20 that SMP is supported by 3.0 and above. I really wanted to know if it=20= is enabled "out-of-the-box" or if kernal tweaking is needed like with=20= 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=20= 16 or > 24 bpp (64k or 16M colors). This is assuming your video card can=20 handle > that much color. I'm using a Matrox Millenium II with 8Mb. It can definitely handle=20 the color depth. I'll check it out this evening when I re-install=20 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 refin= ed > > as the KDE on Linux-Mandrake 7.0. By this, I mean that the graphics= > > are blockier, grainer and just look unprofessional. Is this somethi= ng > > 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