[SOLVED]CPU Intel i3-2125 and Linux Mint Debian(3.2.0-2-486)

[dmytroche]

Hello everyone,

I've got Intel i3-2125 CPU and installed the Linux Mint Debian (3.2.0-2-486).

As you can see from the CPU's specification http://ark.intel.com/products/59080/Int ... _30-GHz%29 it has 2 cores and 4 threads.
But when I run cat /proc/cpuinfo I've got the following output:

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 42
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2125 CPU @ 3.30GHz
stepping : 7
microcode : 0x14
cpu MHz : 1600.000
cache size : 3072 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt tsc_deadline_timer xsave avx lahf_lm arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips : 6584.88
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Is it correct behavior for the mentioned version of Linux Mint?

Thanks in advance!
Have a great day.

[zerozero]

it's correct for that kernel:

Multi-core and multi-CPU support in 32-bit kernel

To guarantee compatibility with non-PAE processors, the 32-bit versions of Linux Mint Debian come with a 486 kernel by default. This kernel does not support SMP, and as a consequence is only able to detect one core and one CPU. If your CPU has multiple cores, or if you have more than one CPU, simply install the 686-PAE kernel and reboot your computer.

here

[dmytroche]

Thanks a lot, zerozero

I've just installed appropriated kernel image and that works.
I've solved the problem by sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-2-686-pae

[zerozero]

not a problem anyway you should also install the headers: if you want to use proprietary blobs (nvidia, ati), virtualbox, some wireless drivers (thinking about broadcom) you need it at compiling time.

good luck.

[Oscar799]

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