On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:00:03 PM [email protected] wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:45:43 +0100 > From: Maurice Batey <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Mageia-discuss] Installer: Server v. desktop kernel: No > choice? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-jp > > Having installed Mageia-1 (from DVD), I find it has installed the > server kernels, rather than the desktop kernels. > > Presumably that's because my PC has 4GB RAM, but - on this 1-user system > - I would have preferred the desktop kernels to be installed. > > Did I miss an installation option, to choose server v. desktop? > > If not, could the installer be given such an option - perhaps in > some 'Advanced' tab? > > That would avoid having to swap kernels with: > > urpmi kernel-desktop-latest > urpmi kernel-desktop-devel-latest > urpmi nvidia-current-kernel-desktop-latest > > (assuming that will do the trick here). > > -- > /\/\aurice > (Retired in Surrey, UK) Registered Linux User #487649 > I raised this one on the Mandriva list. I was told that it was because I had a 32-bit version installed on a 64-bit capable machine. Sure enough, when I installed the 64-bit version, I got the desktop kernel by default.
Doug.
