[TriLUG] Linux Core 2 Duo problems (Update)

[Charles Fischer]

I now have a working Intel Core 2 Duo system running Fedora Core 6 Linux.

By working I mean I have downloaded and installed updates, wxWidgets 
(compiled and ran the Penguin OpenGL demo) and am now listening to a 
Dar Williams CD.  The display is set to 1280x1024 (this was a problem 
with Core 6 RC2).

I have been unable to get the IDE CD/DVD burner to work.  It works 
under some other OS, but Linux just does not see it.  I have tried 
every BIOS setting I could find, but to no avail.

So here is the hardware:
Intel DG965WH motherboard with 2GB of memory and a 2.13GHz Intel Core 
2 Duo CPU (6400).
ATI X800 display card (Gigabyte GV-RX08256D, PCI Express).
Samsung SyncMaster 192N LCD display.
320GB SATA2 Hard drive (Seagate ST3320620).
Generic keyboard and mouse.
Mad Dog External DVD/CD burner (USB and IEEE-1394).
Internal DVD/CD burner (NEC DVD_RW ND-3).

The BIOS is the latest I could find on the Intel web site 
(MQ1545P).  The drive configuration for SATA is to "Configure SATA as 
<AHCI>".  I tried every combination to get the DVD to maybe work.

After trying to use the internal DVD for the install many times, I 
gave up.  I set the BIOS to <AHCI> and booted from the external DVD 
(connected via USB) and did the install.  The install worked normally.

I am posting this because several people e-mailed me off list asking 
if I ever got it working.  Well I finally did.

I do not recommend the Mad Dog DVD.  I have returned one, and the 
replacement is missing two screws.

Good luck to all Core 2 Duo owners.

Thanks for all the suggestions,
Charles Fischer

At 01:49 PM 9/29/2006, you wrote:
>No questions here, just a warning or admitting I do not know what I am doing.
>
>On Wednesday of this week I went to Intrex in Chapel Hill and bought 
>all the parts I needed for a shinny new Intel Core 2 Duo box.  The 
>mother board is an Intel DG965wh, with a 2.13 GHz Core 2 Duo 
>(E6400), two GB no name DDR2 RAM, 320 GB Seagate SATAII hard drive, 
>NEC DVD burner, case, keyboard and mouse.  I have a Sharp LCD 
>monitor and an old ATI Radon X800 based video card to use in the new 
>machine.  This is the first Intel Inside box I have built in a long 
>time.  I have been using AMD products from when Intel came out with 
>the Pentium 4.
>
>I burned a copy of Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS (Dapper Drake) and started to 
>do an install.  The system would hang on uncompressing the Linux 
>kernel.  So I grabbed my Fedora Core 5 DVD and it hung as well.  Now 
>it is time for a sanity check.  I loaded a copy of Windows XP Pro, 
>without problems.  I also loaded a copy of Windows Vista RC1.  Vista 
>also loaded (what a --  never mind).
>
>Now I know the computer works, but Linux is giving me problems.  I 
>downloaded and burned Fedora Core 6 test 3 (version 5.92) and tried 
>an install.  Same problem as Core 5 had.  The next step was praying 
>to Google.  I loaded the newest mother board BIOS and tried Ubuntu 
>and Fedora 5.92 again.  There was no change in the Ubuntu 
>install.  I got past the hang using Fedore 5.92 (I have not tried 5 
>again), but the install could not find the DVD.  I thought this was 
>odd being it booted off of the DVD.  After more Google praying, I 
>bought a USB/Firewire external DVD drive.  Booting from the USB DVD 
>got me through the 5.92 install after a couple of tries (if I 
>selected the options I wanted, the install would hang).  I now have 
>Linux up and running, but I cannot use the DVD that is connected to 
>the mother board's IDE port, and X is only working in 640x480.
>
>If somebody has better luck please let me know.  If somebody needs 
>help to get this far, let me know.
>
>Later
>Charles Fischer
>
>
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