Fedora Core 1 I have a daemon running called "irqbalance" it supports "distributed interrupts across the cpus of multiprocessor system for load balancing". I have another daemon running called "microcode_ctl" it's "a script that applies cpu microcode". The machine is a Compaq Armada M700, PIII 450 laptop with only 1 processor. I'm fairly sure I don't need the "irqbalance" deamon running sense I only have 1 cpu. But Is the "microcode_ctl" deamon telling the machine to act as if it has 2 cpu's and thus "irqbalance" starts? On another related note. I seam to remember installing windows 2000 server, single processor Compaq Proliant server and having Task Manager show 2 processors. I'm guessing the microcode script does about the same thing. causing the irqbalance to start. Sam. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list