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    Ubuntu 7.04 on VMware Fusion Beta 3 only seeing one core

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sp00n, Apr 19, 2007.

  1. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    I've decided to install VMware Fusion Beta 3 because Parallels didn't support Ubuntu. At first it was running very slowly and I thought VMware was to blame, but then I realized I had to install VMware drivers. After that, Ubuntu runs almost as fast as if it were installed natively.

    I checked in System Monitor and only noticed showing only one core. Is this normal? Is it actually using only one core, or is it just hiding the second core?

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    sp00n, Apr 19, 2007
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  2. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    With virtualization, I am pretty sure the VM only uses one CPU core.
     
    zadillo, Apr 19, 2007
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  3. hollownail

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    Heh... don't use VMWare. The Fusion Beta is terrible compared to Parallels.
     
    hollownail, Apr 19, 2007
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  4. sp00n

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    I would but Parallels doesn't work with Ubuntu. The screen just stays black whenever I try to boot up Ubuntu. :(
     
    sp00n, Apr 19, 2007
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    Are you sure that Ubuntu doesn't work under Parallels? I haven't used 7.04 yet, but 6.06 ran perfectly fine when I chose "Other Linux" when installing it.
     
    TheDeepThought42, Apr 19, 2007
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  6. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    I believe Parallels changed something in their latest build that give it trouble booting into Ubuntu. I remember it working when I had an earlier version.
     
    sp00n, Apr 19, 2007
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    Well, I haven't used VMware Fusion (obviously since I don't have a Mac), but I know that in Server and Workstation, there is a Control Panel and you can select to use 1 or 2 CPUs there. If Fusion doesn't have this (as VMware Player doesn't either), you'll have to edit the .vmx file by hand. Find where that is, open it in a text editor, and post it here. I'll see if I can help.

    Other than that, you'll also want to make sure that Ubuntu is configured for SMP. They've been using a generic kernel since 6.10 that should detect multiple processors (as long as it can see them). Go into a terminal and type:

    Code: 
    uname -a
    and post what you get. If you have anything besides 2.6.20-XX-generic or 2.6.20-XX-i686 SMP, then you'll have to configure it to use two cores. It's not that difficult.
     
    Paul, Apr 19, 2007
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  8. hollownail

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    Hrm... interesting. I'll download the new Ubuntu sometime soon and give it a whirl.
     
    hollownail, Apr 19, 2007
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