Re: [luau] Dual Processors Linux

2004-01-19 Thread Warren Togami
Rodney Kanno wrote: My processors are AMD MP 2100...about 1.8 GHZ each. When I try to play video (mpg), I have nothing else running and I have ~800MB free memory, out of 1020MB. While the video is playing, CPU utilization does not go above 37%. I am using Kaffeine, and also noatun. Both give

Re: [luau] Dual Processors Linux

2004-01-19 Thread Rodney Kanno
If it does not have anything to do with SMP (whic I hope) then why would video playback work when my BIOS detects only 1 processor? Can it be attributed to my BIOS/motherboard since it is so tempermental? Rodney I can say with almost complete certainty that your problem is not anything to

Re: [luau] Dual Processors Linux

2004-01-19 Thread Warren Togami
You are saying that it works if you remove one processor from your motherboard, or you are talking about a different computer entirely? Does it work if you boot into the UP uniprocessor kernel? What brand and version of Linux? Warren Rodney Kanno wrote: If it does not have anything to do

Re: [luau] Dual Processors Linux

2004-01-19 Thread Rodney Kanno
No it's the same computer. For some reason, my BIOS is tempermental and sometimes it detects only one of the two processors. But when it detects only one, the watching video works fine. When my BIOS detects two processors, watching video does not work anymore (using the same programs). So

Re: [luau] Dual Processors Linux

2004-01-19 Thread Warren Togami
Rodney Kanno wrote: No it's the same computer. For some reason, my BIOS is tempermental and sometimes it detects only one of the two processors. But when it detects only one, the watching video works fine. When my BIOS detects two processors, watching video does not work anymore (using the same

[luau] Dual Processors Linux

2004-01-18 Thread Rodney Kanno
Morning Everyone, I have a dual processor computer, but I am getting the impression that Linux is using only one processor. I am running SUSE 9.0, with the 2.4.21-166-smp4G kernel. Doing a cat /proc/cpuinfo shows that Linux is detecting 2 cpu's. However, when I try to run video, the video is

Re: [luau] Dual Processors Linux

2004-01-18 Thread Thomas Ryan Gordon Sr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rodney Kanno wrote: | I have a dual processor computer, but I am getting the impression | that Linux is using only one processor. I am running SUSE 9.0, with | the 2.4.21-166-smp4G kernel. Doing a cat /proc/cpuinfo shows that | Linux is detecting 2

Re: [luau] Dual Processors Linux

2004-01-18 Thread Thomas Ryan Gordon Sr
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rodney Kanno wrote: | My processors are AMD MP 2100...about 1.8 GHZ each. When I try to | play video (mpg), I have nothing else running and I have ~800MB free | memory, out of 1020MB. While the video is playing, CPU utilization | does not go above