ianw1974 Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 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: 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: [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 ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest exile Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 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 :o [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 :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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