major issues(SOLVED)

[podagee]

this is for lmde.im having major issues with installing 686 pae.i followed a tut on the community website.and again failure.they need to start posting tuts that actually work.someone help

[podagee]

actually cant boot into lmde any more.i really need help.
i need a correct way of installing the 686 pae

[zerozero]

podagee,
we need more info in order to help you:
- i assume you installed the 32bit ver., at what point are you trying to install the PAE kernel? right after installation or after all the updates done?

- have you followed this viewtopic.php?f=185&t=82346 after the installation?

- which howto have you followed? link pls

[dritzominous]

His lack of an adequate description makes me doubt that this is the tutorial author's fault...

[wayne128]

This is not a tutorial.

Just my own standard way of installing PAE kernel.

use synaptic
search the kernel.. that ended with pae, and its associated headers.
mark them
click Apply

watch synaptic do its work.
and usually ended up OK.

this 9-yr old compaq desktop is running pae as below

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lmde32g wayne # uname -r
3.1.0-1-686-pae
lmde32g wayne #

[podagee]

zerozero yes its a 32bit gonna re-install as we speak as ive crashed it badly.
wayne gonna try that method.

[podagee]

see my complaint lies right there i have followed those steps and updated.in the update 3 pack it still says 486.
i am trying to know how to install the 686 pae???
i have a core duo and its running off one processor and i need both running because it is extremely slow.
any ideas?
here is my specs....dell e1505 intel core duo 1gb ram 32bit
everything else works except the processors

[zerozero]

have you already installed UP3 per the link i gave above?
if so, the PAE kernel should be installed in the update, unless for some reason the UP was not finished;
copy&past the output of

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and also

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inxi -r

[podagee]

sorry thats the part i forget.....silly me
upgrade distro
ill get back to you on that my bad

[zerozero]

ok, but read this viewtopic.php?f=185&t=82346&start=0 FIRST (no need to mess it up and reinstall)

[podagee]

updates didnt finish but it said it did.gstreamer caused errors.in the page you requested me to look at only shows a way out of the amd64.i have a 32bit.

[podagee]

okay i put this in so far so good:
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad_0.10.22-3_i386.deb

[podagee]

still running one processor.any clues how to enable 2?
my main question was how to get 2 working

[podagee]

okay honestly im about to quit all mint projects.this is honestly insane to get this up and running correctly.running 3.0.0-1 486 kernel.....NO processor difference as i am still with 486.my original post was how to get both processors working not for update pack 3.
any real help to my first post would be greatly appreciated.

[zerozero]

once you finish the update to UP3 the PAE-kernel is installed automatically, replacing the 486 that was default in the iso;
either you do the updates and get the new kernel, or... it's up to you.

[podagee]

okay after updates i still have the 2,6,xx486 kernel and now im with the 3.0.0-1 486 kernel no upgrades there.
i ran the dist-upgrade and itr says 1 not upgraded.
it didnt come in the update so what now?
i tried installing it from the synaptic,but,nothing....still have one processor.
what now?

[zerozero]

search in synaptic for

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linux-headers-2.6-686-pae

and

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linux-headers-3.0.0-1-686-pae

and mark them for installation (just watch if anything is marked to removal - it shouldn't, but it won't hurt be sure)

[podagee]

nope still nothing..............
getting really "P'D" off with mint lmde
any other suggestions before my head goes through my computer screen?

[podagee]

even after installing those typing in sudo update-grub still only shows 486??????????/

[podagee]

what if i do the tut in upgrading my kernel?
will that help any???