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ianw1974

Dec 27 2006, 07:58 AM

When you try to boot Mandriva 2007 on a machine with Intel Core Duo processor, the system tends to get a black screen and nothing else happens.

This is because Mandriva 2007 is using a 2.6.17 kernel that's not recognising the Core Duo processor correctly. What you have to do, is go into your BIOS and disable the Core functionality. This effectively, puts your machine in a single processor mode. This allows the system to boot normally for the install of Mandriva.

After this, you need to install a 2.6.18 kernel, an SMP one because of the effective two processors with the Core Duo. So, I did it like this:

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urpmi kernel-linus-smp-2.6.18.5-1mdv

after it's installed, you need to make this your default boot option with lilo/grub, or just manually choose this from the lilo/grub menu when booting your system. Of course, make sure you re-enable the core functionality in your BIOS first. And then you're running your system correctly. Here's my proof:

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[root@europa /]# uname -a
Linux europa.asseco.pl 2.6.18.5-1mdvsmp #1 SMP Sat Dec 2 19:41:18 EST 2006 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T5500  @ 1.66GHz GNU/Linux

[root@europa /]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T5500  @ 1.66GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1660.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
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 lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 3329.68

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 15
model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T5500  @ 1.66GHz
stepping        : 6
cpu MHz         : 1660.000
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 10
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 lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 3325.09

[root@europa /]# cat /etc/mandriva-release
Mandriva Linux release 2007.0 (Official) for i586

Of course, if the distro was based on a 2.6.18 kernel for install, all would be fine

scarecrow

Dec 27 2006, 11:00 AM

I have already done that with no luck- reason is that the installation kernel does not initialize (in my case) the onboard jmicron controller, either.

Starting with "linux irqpoll" allows the boot medium seeing the harddisks, but after starting installation it simply craps out due to multiple I/O errors.
Always speaking about Mandriva, including the current Cooker boot.iso installation images.

exile

Feb 19 2007, 02:42 PM

Weird.

I just made the switch from Windows -> Linux (Mandriva 2007) bout' 2 days ago on my C2D laptop but I did not encounter this problem.

I'm using a Sony VAIO C13G with the T5500 1.66ghz processor but I have not seen the 'black screen' during boot

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[rizzy@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.17-5mdv #1 SMP Wed Sep 13 14:32:31 EDT 2006 i686 Intel(R) Co
re(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz GNU/Linux

[rizzy@localhost ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1667.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
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 lm constant_tsc pni
monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3330.88

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 1667.000
cache size : 2048 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
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 lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3325.35

The only thing I am having problems with however is the Intel 3945 wireless card :(

ianw1974

Feb 19 2007, 06:46 PM

I got that working nice and easy

Download latest driver from the ipw3945 sourceforge website, 1.20 I think. Compile and install just this driver module, not the rest.

Add your easyurpmi repos using the link at the top of this page, making sure you had the plf-free and plf-nonfree, and install the ipw3945d and ipw3945-ucode packages.

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