[nflug] RHEL 5 Server & Intel Core 2 Duo Processor

[Jesse Jarzynka]

Gkrellm will show both cores. Here's what my core 2 duo looks like: 
http://jesse.homedns.org:443/~jesse/gkrellm.png

David J. Andruczyk wrote:
> redhat 5 (AFAIK) has SMP built as default, unlike it's
> predecessors..  IF the second core isn't showing, 
> check the bios of your system to make sure MPS
> (multiprocessing) isn't disabled.  Also check to make
> sure the  BIOS is a current release.
>
> what do you see when you run "cat /proc/cpuinfo" ?
>
> NOTE: "top" these days only shows a compostie CPU
> usage,  you have to hit "1" to get it to show all the
> running cores.
>
>
> --- Jesse Jarzynka <denisesballs at thecybersource.com>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> I don't know about Red Hat, but Ubuntu has SMP built
>> into the regular 
>> kernel. There are no separate ones for muli-cores or
>> multi-processors. 
>> Maybe that's why you can't find the SMP kernel?
>>
>> Christopher Hawkins wrote:
>>     
>>> I would say the same, first make sure you have an
>>>       
>> SMP kernel.  I've 
>>     
>>> also heard of issues where (when you have a choice
>>>       
>> in there, anyway) 
>>     
>>> you need to set the BIOS for the correct OS. Ie.,
>>>       
>> set it to Linux, not 
>>     
>>> Windows or Other. 
>>>  
>>> Chris 
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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>   
>>> *From:* nflug-bounces at nflug.org
>>>       
>> [mailto:nflug-bounces at nflug.org] *On 
>>     
>>> Behalf Of *Robert Meyer
>>> *Sent:* Friday, October 12, 2007 8:57 AM
>>> *To:* nflug at nflug.org
>>> *Subject:* Re: [nflug] RHEL 5 Server & Intel Core
>>>       
>> 2 Duo Processor
>>     
>>> Well, sounds to me like the install put in the
>>>       
>> non-SMP kernel.  If you 
>>     
>>> can get the package manager to install a package
>>>       
>> like 
>>     
>>> "kernel-2.x.x-SMP", you should get both cores
>>>       
>> showing up.  It is also 
>>     
>>> possible that you have both kernels in your boot
>>>       
>> but you're selecting 
>>     
>>> the non-SMP boot.  Either way, it's probably a
>>>       
>> kernel issue that's 
>>     
>>> easily fixed.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Robert Wolfe <rwolfe at shatterit.com>
>>> To: nflug at nflug.org
>>> Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 2:14:23 AM
>>> Subject: [nflug] RHEL 5 Server & Intel Core 2 Duo
>>>       
>> Processor
>>     
>>> Good morning all!
>>>
>>> Well, I reinstalled RHEL 5 on my machine using the
>>>       
>> x86 
>>     
>>> version.  However, it is only seeing one of the
>>>       
>> two cores of my Intel 
>>     
>>> Core 2 Duo processor.  Does anyone have any
>>>       
>> suggestions as to how I 
>>     
>>> need to go about getting the 32 bit version
>>>       
>> configured to use both 
>>     
>>> cores and not just the one?  (I kow the 64-bit
>>>       
>> version of RHEL 5 
>>     
>>> Server sees both by default).
>>>
>>> TIA for any help anyone can give.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Robert Wolfe [Linux+/MCSE] <rwolfe at shatterit.com>
>>> "People always make the wolf more formidable than
>>>       
>> he is." - French Proverb
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