Articles about Dual Core’

Apr 30, 2008

Concurrent init.d scripts and HAL initialise error on boot up

Posted by Hodge in Ubuntu • 1 comment

I wanted to see if I could take advantage of my Dual Core CPU during boot time, by enabling concurrent init.d scripts, in the hope this could improve (an already pretty fast) boot time. The implementation is pretty simple – first, I backed up /etc/init.d/rc
cd /etc/init.d/
sudo cp rc rc.BAK
then set about editing /etc/init.d/rc
gksu gedit /etc/init.d/rc
Actually, [...]


Mar 27, 2008

Conky: Dual Core Processors in .conkyrc

Conky: Dual Core Processors in .conkyrc Posted by Hodge in Conky, Programming, Technology, Ubuntu • 6 comments

OK, this is a bit of a cheeky post, since I’m merely extending a previous post “Conky on Ubuntu 64 Bit – .conkyrc” – or elaborating on it – to clarify setting up .conkyrc for Dual Core Processors – specifically for my AMD Turion 64 X2. I’ve had a few requests specifically about this, so [...]