Ubuntu 7.04 on VMware Fusion Beta 3 only seeing one core

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?

 

With virtualization, I am pretty sure the VM only uses one CPU core.

 

Heh... don't use VMWare. The Fusion Beta is terrible compared to Parallels.

 

I would but Parallels doesn't work with Ubuntu. The screen just stays black whenever I try to boot up Ubuntu.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Hrm... interesting. I'll download the new Ubuntu sometime soon and give it a whirl.