(Solved) Assigned CPU count not the same in the guest OS

[theunsheydenrych]

I have Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualbox 4.3.10 installed from the ubuntu repos, the machine i am using have 8 cpu cores
I have Elementary OS running as a guest. I assigned 2 cpu's to the Elementary guest OS.
When running lshw in the Elementary guest OS it picks up that there is only one cpu, and i would like it to have 2 cpu's.
How can i fix this problem?

Thanks in advance

[loukingjr]

you are not supposed to cross-post, you have asked this question twice in two different areas.

[theunsheydenrych]

sorry about that
regarding the problem i have in which forum would you suggest is the correct one?

again, sorry about the cross post it will not happen again.

[loukingjr]

sorry about that
regarding the problem i have in which forum would you suggest is the correct one?

again, sorry about the cross post it will not happen again.

it's okay. I was just letting you know. either would be fine. I was going to say some distros only report the total cpu usage. I can't remember but does EOS have a system monitor app?

[theunsheydenrych]

Not as far as i know, but i used sudo lshw -C cpu to check it.
vboxmanage showvminfo Elementary_64 reports number of cpu's as 2

[loukingjr]

Not as far as i know, but i used sudo lshw -C cpu to check it.
vboxmanage showvminfo Elementary_64 reports number of cpu's as 2

yep. I don't think the lshw command tells you how many cores. I checked a couple of my guests and all it said was it's running on an i7.

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louis@louis-VirtualBox:~$ sudo lshw -C cpu
[sudo] password for louis: 
  *-cpu                   
       product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
       vendor: Intel Corp.
       physical id: 2
       bus info: cpu@0
       width: 64 bits
       capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc rep_good nopl pni ssse3 lahf_lm

[theunsheydenrych]

ok, thanks. I must then get some sort of system monitor for elementary
What you showed me was what i got aswell.

Thanks for the help.

[loukingjr]

ok, thanks. I must then get some sort of system monitor for elementary
What you showed me was what i got aswell.

Thanks for the help.

you're welcome. I just assume when I have two CPUs assigned they are actually assigned.

[Perryg]

try cat /proc/cpuinfo

[loukingjr]

try cat /proc/cpuinfo

worked for me.

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louis@louis-VirtualBox:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 58
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
stepping	: 9
microcode	: 0x19
cpu MHz		: 3530.007
cache size	: 6144 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 0
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 0
initial apicid	: 0
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 5
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl pni ssse3 lahf_lm
bogomips	: 7060.01
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

processor	: 1
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 58
model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
stepping	: 9
microcode	: 0x19
cpu MHz		: 3530.007
cache size	: 6144 KB
physical id	: 0
siblings	: 2
core id		: 1
cpu cores	: 2
apicid		: 1
initial apicid	: 1
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 5
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl pni ssse3 lahf_lm
bogomips	: 7060.01
clflush size	: 64
cache_alignment	: 64
address sizes	: 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

louis@louis-VirtualBox:~$ 

[Perryg]

Yup. I'm kind of like a broken watch. I know I will be right at least two times a day.

[loukingjr]

lol you're a Linux guru is why

[Perryg]

Well I'd not go that far. Perhaps a Linux GUR at this point. I occasionally find something that I need to look up because I forgot it.

[loukingjr]

me too. like my phone #

[theunsheydenrych]

OK, I installed the gnome-system-monitor and it does show 2 cpu cores in there.
the suggested cat /proc/cpuinfo also did the trick

Thanks for all the help