diff -ur lxtask-0.1.4-orig/src/xfce-taskmanager-linux.c lxtask-0.1.4/src/xfce-taskmanager-linux.c
--- lxtask-0.1.4-orig/src/xfce-taskmanager-linux.c	2011-06-21 17:50:00.000000000 -0400
+++ lxtask-0.1.4/src/xfce-taskmanager-linux.c	2013-04-14 17:32:13.746471305 -0400
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@
             }
         }
         fclose (file);
+        if(!cpu_count) cpu_count++; /* cpu_count should be at least 1 */
     }
     sys_stat->cpu_count=cpu_count;
     return TRUE;