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Old 04-09-2007, 02:08 PM   #1
jmadrid
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Pentium D Showing Only One Core.


Hello guys,

Its my first post, and I've actually tried almost everything that I could figure out by myself before posting it.

I have a Pentium D running on a Asus P5P800. I've installed Ubuntu, and the problems start really soon, I couldn't make it boot without turning off the acpi. I have to put a flag in the boot option "acpi=off". If acpi is on, I get errors with PnP detection.

But with the flag on, everything works just fine. Except for the dual core, it doesn't show the two cores. I'll post some useful information, I hope someone can help me out.

Code:
root@charlotte:/etc/init.d# dmesg
...
[17179569.184000] Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
[17179569.184000]     Virtual Wire compatibility mode.
[17179569.184000] OEM ID: ASUSTeK  Product ID:  APIC at: 0xFEE00000
[17179569.184000] Processor #0 15:4 APIC version 20
[17179569.184000] I/O APIC #1 Version 32 at 0xFEC00000.
[17179569.184000] Enabling APIC mode:  Flat.  Using 1 I/O APICs
[17179569.184000] Processors: 1
Code:
root@charlotte:/etc/init.d# cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 4
model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) D  CPU 2.66GHz
stepping        : 7
cpu MHz         : 2673.367
cache size      : 1024 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 255
cpu cores       : 1
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 5
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up pni monitor ds_cpl tm2 cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 5353.83
Code:
root@charlotte:/etc/init.d# uname -a
Linux charlotte 2.6.17-11-generic #2 SMP Thu Feb 1 19:52:28 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux
Code:
root@charlotte:/etc/init.d# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P PCI to AGP Controller (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 6200 (rev a1)
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04)
02:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 04)
02:0a.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (rev 04)

Any ideas?
 
Old 04-09-2007, 03:25 PM   #2
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"ACPI support is required to boot SMP system in most of modern operating systems. For example WinXP 64 bit require ACPI support even for single processor configuration."

That was copied from another web page. Now I feel dirty. /me goes away
 
Old 04-09-2007, 08:47 PM   #3
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jeenam
"ACPI support is required to boot SMP system in most of modern operating systems. For example WinXP 64 bit require ACPI support even for single processor configuration."

That was copied from another web page. Now I feel dirty. /me goes away

Ummmm I'll try boot with ACPI on, anything new I'll post here.

Thanx a lot.
 
Old 04-10-2007, 06:15 AM   #4
jmadrid
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Ok, I've tried tweaking everything in the bios, every option, and I couldn't manage to boot with acpi on. Normally it freezes at:

Code:
isapnp: Scanning for Plug N' Play
Sometimes it freezes at "init botton" but normally is on the message above.

But I figure it out something odd. I use vga boot and even booting with ACPI theoretically on it shows only one Tux. And I've payed attention and it kept finding just one processor. Really, I don't have an idea why it doesn't find the other core.

Any help?

Thanks.
 
Old 04-11-2007, 02:18 PM   #5
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