On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 15:30 +0100, T. Horsnell wrote: > Here I am again. Thanks to your help I've got > my system running in headless mode. However, > in this mode, it only sees one of the dual-core > cpus. If I plug in (any old) VGA adapter, and > reboot (still in headless mode), it sees both. > > Its an Intel Core2Duo processor on an Intel > D975XBX mobo, running FC5, 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5smp > kernel. Multi-cpu is enabled in the BIOS, and > the BIOS docs confirm that this board should > operate properly with no VGA, mouse or kbd. > > My BIOS is at v. 1334, and there is one > further upgrade which doesnt refer to this > problem. > According to the BIOS support site, BIOS > support for the Core2Duo was only released > in v. 1334 on 12 July 2006, so maybe this > problem hasnt been seen before. > > Any ideas (again)? > > Cheers, > Terry. What does /proc/cpuinfo say? Gilboa