Top only displays 1 CPU

Andrew Bacchi bacchi at rpi.edu
Tue Apr 17 19:25:16 UTC 2007


Have a look at /proc/cpuinfo and see if all your cpu's show there.  If 
so, make sure you're running the smp kernel.

McDougall, Marshall (FSH) wrote:
> Recently I started to install some new Intel servers(both blade and 2U)
> using RHEL4U4.  When I run top, I only get a single line displayed for
> CPU.  With all my version 3 (2.4) boxes I get however many cpu's that
> are reported at startup.  I cannot find any reference to the change of
> top's behavior.  Can anyone point me to a doc or explain the new
> display?  Is there a way to see what my individual CPU's are actually
> doing?  Thanks.
> 
> Regards, Marshall

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Andrew Bacchi
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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