top shows only one CPU

[apoorv_khurasia]

Hi all

I am running SuSE 10.0 on a system with an intel core2 duo CPU. I am using an smp kernel (2.6.13-smp) but top only shows one CPU....

Cpu(s):  1.3% us,  0.2% sy,  0.0% ni, 98.0% id,  0.0% wa,  0.2% hi,  0.3% si

1. How can I ascertain that both of my CPUs are in use?
2. What do I need to do so top shows both CPU usage?

[valemon]

I don't remember if 10.0 had this but in system->monitor->KInfoCenter displays lots of info.Although I am using both cpu's top also doesn't show them.

[apoorv_khurasia]

Thanks that clarified the issue...I then configured ksysguard to show separate charts for both CPUs..

Thanks again for the quick reply....

[valemon]

I then configured ksysguard to show separate charts for both CPUs..

Can you post how did you did this?

[apoorv_khurasia]

Its pretty simple.

1. In Ksysguard click on New. In the pop-up that appears choose 1 row and 2 columns and specify a name for the worksheet. Now click OK.
2. A new tab will now appear in Ksysguard with the name you specified. In the left pane there will be a tree (root is localhost). Choose appropriate sensors (I chose system load and user load) and drop them one-by-one in the columns.
3. When you drop the sensors it will ask you if you want a signal plotter, a multimeter, a bar graph or a file logger. Choose what u want (I chose a bar graph).
4. Now save the sheet and whenever u open ksysguard just open it.

However I found xosview more interesting. I suggest you to try that too.