Core Duo - only one cpu being used

[Erich Dollansky]

Hi,

Eric Anderson wrote:
> 
>   PID USERNAME    THR PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE  C   TIME   WCPU COMMAND
>    11 root          1 171   52     0K     8K CPU1   0   0:00 99.02% 
> idle: cpu1
>  2653 root          1 128    0 18564K 17560K RUN    0   0:01 34.00% cc1plus

could it be that it is just a problem with top itself?

It cannot be that CPU1 uses 99% for the idle process and 34% for the 
compiler.

Play with the other sort options. You might find the the idle process 
for CPU0.

Erich