Not Sure Suse Is Utilizing Both Cores

I built my own core2duo system, but there are two things wrong:

when I launch system guard and I'm using vmware server I see cpu0 maxed out and cpu1 doing almost nothing.

second I get this output from "uname -a" : "Linux dhcppc6 2.6.22.17-0.1-default #1 SMP 2008/02/10 20:01:04 UTC i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux" Notice the i386? Thats "uname -i" the hardware platform option.

I used the 64 iso file for the install and everything.

Thanks in advance
-Andre

I'm not an expert with vmware, but I don't believe virtual imagers load balance against CPUs, so it's not surprising to see it taking a considerable load on a single core. I see that type of thing with virtualbox.

Are you sure you used the 64-bit iso? That uname output indicates you're using a 32-bit kernel (though compile-time optimized for i686). A 64-bit kernel would give "x86_64 x86_64 x86_64"

Might want to double check. Do you have a /usr/lib64 directory?

Hope this helps...

Cheers,
KV

The reason I know its the 64 iso is because I dual boot and windows said it was the openSuSE10.3 64 bit cd.

That may be, but uname still reports that you're running a 32-bit kernel, I can't explain how.

Did you check to make sure you have a /usr/lib64, since that directory would only exist on a 64-bit install.

Also, what does the command "zypper info kernel-default" display? It should confirm the architecture.

Cheers,
KV

my uname outputs from a 64 bit install as follows:-

uname -a 2.6.25.4-8-default #1 SMP 2008-05-26 15:23:05 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
uname -i x86_64

regards

Todders