> kernel 2.6.15-27-686 That would be an SMP kernel AFAIK. Try 'uname -a' to check. This is mine:
uname -a Linux england 2.6.15-26-k7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Sep 8 20:38:34 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux -- BUG() report in getnstimeofday: soft lockup https://launchpad.net/bugs/53216 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs