On 10/24/2013 01:20 AM, Leszek Lesner wrote:
Tryout the terminal command
Cat /proc/cpuinfo
If this shows processor 0 and a processor 1 the system recognized two
CPUs and is using them.
The Qsynth through pulseaudio thing is bad as it had (from my
experience till pulseaudio 2.0) a bad latency. Use Alsa here instead
(needs to suspend pulseaudio first) and test again.
I browsed (using the file browser) to /proc, and double-clicked the
cpuinfo file.
It showed "Intel Core Duo 2" (something like that - I'm going from
memory), and the number of cores was displayed as 1. Information
(options such as pae) was shown only for one CPU.
I then tried booting the Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 live CD.
When I hold down the Options key while powering up, with Ubuntu, there
are two icons having the round CD icon at the right. The first of those
two, is labeled "Windows". The second is labeled "EFI Boot".
I booted the Ubuntu 13.04 DVD using the first ("Windows") CD icon.
It came up, and ran fine, but system-monitor showed only 1 CPU, and the
"/proc/cpuinfo" file agreed with that assessment. There were no desktop
hangs observed.
I shut it down, and (again holding down the "Options" key when it
powers-up) this time I selected the "EFI Boot" CD icon at the far right
of the list.
It immediately showed a text line saying secure boot was not available,
and then presented me with a text menu with entries (as I recall):
Try Ubuntu
Install Ubuntu
Check Disk for Defects
I chose "Try Ubuntu", and it booted (eventually) directly into Ubuntu
Unity desktop. In this case, system-monitor showed two CPU's, and the
"/proc/cpuinfo" file also showed two cores (and info/options about each
of them).
However, after awhile running, the desktop hung, and I could not do
anything further but power down (I did wait quite awhile for it to
un-freeze).
I then tried the Lubuntu 13.10 amd64-mac live DVD, wanting to try the
"EFI Boot" option, but only the "Windows" CD icon was available. On
booting this CD, only one CPU was available.
I also tried selecting rEFIt on power-up, and it showed the Linux
penguin icon (for the Linux partition on the hard disk), and also
another penguin icon at the far right, which when highlighted, indicated
it was on CD (DVD). I selected this (far right) icon, and booted it.
When it came up, it had only one CPU (the "/proc/cpuinfo" file indicated
that the number of cores was "1"). The system did not hang in the time
I was using it.
Regarding my use of PulseAudio, I install it so that I can access the
Java Sound (Gervill) synthesizer. If I don't load PulseAudio (and
pavucontrol), I cannot use that synthesizer. On all Ubuntu variants,
the Java Sound synthesizer expects PulseAudio to be used.
When I re-configured Qsynth to use JACK, there were no more cut-outs on
the sound. But I (as always with Linux on this MacBook) would only
produce audible sound with the laptop speakers - plugging in the
amplifier cable into the headphone jack effectively shut off all sound.
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Sincerely,
Aere
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