lists-centos wrote: > ------------ Original Message ------------ > >> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:38:34 AM -0400 >> From: Jerry Geis <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >>> On 05/27/2010 03:47 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: >>> >>>> / I have centos 5.4 on an HP laptop, as below the /proc/cpuinfo >>>> shows Dual >>>> >>> />/ core, >>> />/ however, there is only 1 processor listed in /proc/cpuinfo. >>> />/ >>> />/ Is the OS only using a single core? >>> / >>> Check the BIOS, I have seen HP desktops that have option in BIOS >>> to turn off multicore support. Then only single core is exposed >>> to the OS. >>> >>> >>> >> Looked in the BIOS and there was no setting. >> >> Top is only showing 1 CPU. >> > > look in /var/log/dmesg, that will show what was found during the > boot process (and perhaps provide other insights). > > - Richard > > > > powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-86 processors (1 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00) powernow-k8: 0 : fid 0x0 gid 0x0 (2400 MHz) powernow-k8: 1 : fid 0x0 gid 0x0 (1200 MHz) powernow-k8: 2 : fid 0x0 gid 0x0 (600 MHz) Did they give me a "bad" processor. jerry _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos