Jerry Geis wrote: > lists-centos wrote: >> ------------ Original Message ------------ >> >>> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010 10:38:34 AM -0400 >>> From: Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com> >>> >>>> 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 > I am now running stock centos 5.5 x86_64. jerry