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[Steven <stenten@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Jared Norris <jrnorris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 6 January 2012 17:10, Steven <stenten@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm running Lubuntu on a non-PAE kernel too :)
> >
> > 1.4GHz Pentium M in a Dell Latitude D505 with 512MB RAM from 2004. It's
> my
> > main production machine and runs Lubuntu like a charm.
> >
> > I've been reading through the emails and irc logs, and it sounds like the
> > kernel team is maintaining the non-pae kernel in Precise (but not
> beyond),
> > but just not setting it as the default -- any chance someone can convince
> > them to make the non-pae kernel the default in just Lubuntu? Colin Watson
> > mentioned this as a possibility in the Technical Board meeting [1].
> >
> > -Steven
> >
> > [1]:
> http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2011/ubuntu-meeting.2011-12-12-21.01.moin.txt
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
>
> Steven,
>
> Running a PAE kernel and capable of running a PAE kernel are a couple
> of different things. I'd honestly be surpised if that CPU wasn't
> capable of running a PAE kernel. Are you able to run the command "grep
> pae /proc/cpuinfo" to see if it is capable of running a PAE kernel? If
> you get any output please paste it back if you're not sure what it
> means.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych)
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
>


That command doesn't give any output:
$ grep pae /proc/cpuinfo
$

It was also apparent when I ran a Lubuntu Precise daily-live CD for the
first time the other day and got this:
"This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU:
pae
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU."

-Steven