The hardware lister says I have two cores: lshw -C cpu *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9500 @ 2.60GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 400 bus info: cpu@0 slot: Microprocessor size: 2600MHz capacity: 2600MHz width: 64 bits clock: 200MHz capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm ida dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=2 inxi shows me I'm running in uniprocessor mode: inxi -c 0 -F System: Host: <hostname> Kernel: 3.8.9-5-desktop x86_64 (64 bit) Console tty 1 Distro: openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) VERSION = 12.3 CODENAME = Dartmouth Machine: System: Dell (portable) product: MXG071 serial: XXXXXXXXX Mobo: Dell model: 0KX412 serial: .YYYYYYYYYY. Bios: Dell version: A11 date: 04/23/2010 CPU: Single core Intel Core2 Duo CPU T9500 (-UP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx) clocked at 2592.643 MHz Graphics: Card: NVIDIA G84 [GeForce 8700M GT] X.org: 1.13.2 driver: nvidia tty size: 190x54 Advanced Data: N/A for root out of X Audio: Card: Intel 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.8.9-5-desktop Network: Card-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5754M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express driver: tg3 IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 00:23:ae:2d:3e:ff Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection driver: iwl4965 IF: wlan0 state: down mac: 00:21:5c:59:b1:bf Drives: HDD Total Size: 1320.3GB (36.4% used) 1: /dev/sdb WDC_WD10JPVT 1000.2GB 2: /dev/sda ST9320421ASG 320.1GB Partition: ID: / size: 60G used: 32G (54%) fs: ext3 ID: /home size: 226G used: 167G (78%) fs: ext3 ID: swap-1 size: 8.59GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 62.5C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A Info: Processes: 197 Uptime: 1:12 Memory: 1535.6/7985.0MB Runlevel: 5 Client: Shell inxi: 1.7.24 my grub boot options are: noapic nolapic apm=off noresume edd=off nohz=off hires=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9320421ASG_5TJ0Q4HY-part2 splash=silent quiet showopts Can anyone tell me what I need to change to get my system to boot smp again? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org