Need help ASAP

[pacifico]

Hey everybody.I'm not exactly new, but I have a newbie problem.
Ok here's the deal,
Linux, any distrobution works perfectly (video, as in, i can see the screen) on a 2.6.x or 2.4.x kernel.
However, any distrobution on an SMP 2.6 Kernel refuses to show video. even in the terminal, it doesn't work, so its not an X problem. As soon as the boot loader starts, and i hit enter, I can't see anythign. This has happened for ubuntu, debian, knoppix, and slackware. Any clue?
Thanks in advance,
pacifico

[techieMoe]

What kind of hardware do you have? Processor/video card/RAM?

[pacifico]

its a amd dual core 4200+. video card is a geforce 6200 LE. RAM is DDR2 512 MB.

[techieMoe]

What distribution are you currently trying to get to work?

[pacifico]

currently it is slackware.

[techieMoe]

currently it is slackware.

The latest one? Version 11? 2.4 or 2.6 kernel?

[pacifico]

uhm..latest 11.0. and its 2.6 kernel. it works fine, however wen i install the 2.6 SMP kernel package it stops working soon as it starts booting.

[techieMoe]

uhm..latest 11.0. and its 2.6 kernel. it works fine, however wen i install the 2.6 SMP kernel package it stops working soon as it starts booting.

I wasn't aware you needed a specific package to get the 2.6 kernel working with SMP. I was under the (perhaps mistaken) impression that it came standard now and was only enabled if it detected more than one processor or core.

[pacifico]

I dont think so, not on slackware.But i just tried knoppix, and it freezes at boot. any clue hwo to fix this shizzit?

[techieMoe]

Usually when Linux (or any OS) freezes it means there's a problem with some hardware component. Can you tell at what point in the boot process it's freezing? For instance, in Knoppix, what is the last "load" line for?