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[Jackson Doak <doak.jackson@xxxxxxxxx>]

since it's a kernel bug, does that mean all flavours will have the fix?


On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As far as I know, the solution proposed in the thread is not suitable
> for everyone, because it sets the pae flag for every CPU, even the
> ones which not supported pae.
>
> The proper fix, if those CPU effectively support pae (which I'm not
> very sure, regarding the speed issues reported some time on the
> thread), is to report a bug on the kernel, so it can set properly the
> pae flag itself.
>
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
>
> 2013/4/25 Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Hi Julien,
> >
> > Now, that we have launched Raring, it's time to start thinking about the
> > future of Lubuntu :-)
> >
> > One thing that I hope we can achieve, is to make the next version able
> > to cooperate with Pentium M, that has no pae flag, but still the ability
> > to run i686-pae kernels of *ubuntu.
> >
> > I have verified that it works for me in an IBM Thinkpad T42 to use the
> > fake-pae method for Pentium M CPUs by 7bit according to this link
> >
> > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2113826
> >
> > This is good, but it would be great if this feature could be included in
> > Lubuntu, so that people can install a new version directly, and avoid
> > installing 12.04, add the fake-pae and upgrade to newer versions.
> >
> > *I hope you know whom to ask about the details, where and how the pae
> > feature is checked*
> >
> > I'm prepared to use my Thinkpad for testing, but I don't know enough to
> > find and change the code in Lubuntu.
> >
> > Maybe I can even try to compile the crucial package(s), if someone can
> > hold my hands until I get the tools installed to do it (compilers,
> > makefiles, source code packages etc.)
>
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