Dual Core on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
 

How do i get dual-core support on ubuntu 6.06. I would also like to kno if it can be done on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions aswell.

Most distros ship with kernels that have SMP support built in. This overly complicated command will tell you how many CPUs your kernel is recognising, both physical and virtual. I have a dual-core Athlon that shows two and a dual-core Pentium D that shows two (mustn't be a HT model :/).

Hi, sorry for the time it has taken me to reply, I was doing my A-Levels and i did not have time to play around with linux.

I have got my ubuntu 6.06 and it is working very nicely with xgl running and my wireless card being recognized and connected at boot. However, my ubuntu kernals are not smp and the command you givin me came out with one processor identified. Can anyone please tell me how to install an smp kernel as i have a amd x2 4400 and its a waste if only one processor is used

Thanks in advance

I don't use Ubuntu nor any Debian-based system so that was a guess but search using your package manager, they'll supply one.

Well, you can compile and install your own kernel with SMP support enabled. Google for kernel compilation documents. For a start:

Philip's Kernel Compilation
http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/Ju...ticle252.shtml

Else, as cs-cam suggests, look for pre-compiled SMP kernel binaries provided by your distro.

Thanks for the help, i took on board your suggestion and was planning to go fot it at first. But then i decided to install the k7 smp kernel which support older amd processors.

After i installed it, it did work brilliant however i had to install ndiswrapper again so ubuntu can automatically boot with it running. Other than that, i notice a big change, especially with quake4 when i used its smp version.

Thanks for the help