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I'm trying to get a nice, fancy new system up and running under Fedora Core 5. Heres the specs
Intel DP965LT motherboard (uses the Intel 965 Express chipset)
Intell Core 2 Duo E6400 (2.13Ghz per core)
2GB DDR2 1.8v ram at 667Mhz
250GB SATA drive
DVD-RW+/-
VIdeo card is a 7800 Nvidia on a PCI-16 slot
Unfortunately none of the hardware seems to be properly recognized. I'm fairly sure its got to do with the 965 Express chipset either not being recognized properly or the chipsets not working under the Linux kernel yet. For example, the BIOS sees the internal DVD, so I can boot off of it. But when I get to the installation screens it tells me there is no installation media and wants me to select a driver for the CD-Rom.
I eventually installed the FC5 using a USB connected CDRom (fortunately USB works!). The install is mostly smooth; but the ethernet and DVD don't work along with numerous other annoyances. When I do 'lspci' almost everthing shows up as an 'unknown device'. I've burned the most recent kernel rpm to a CD and installed that, no good. I've burned the most recent Intel BIOS flash, also no change.
I've considered compiling the most current kernel and seeing if that helps, but I've searched and searched and theres not really any mention of the 965 chipset in the changelogs so I'm not sure that it will actually help.
Can anyone help me or share there own tales of the DP965LT motherboard? Is it just me or is there some kernel parameter I'm not using? Help.
Some support in 2.6.18
I plan to buy a new system with the 965 chipset in the near future, so I have been investigating driver support. Download the latest kernel changelogs from ftp.kernel.org or www.kernel.org, and grep for '965' and 'ICH8' (case insensitive). It appears that 2.6.18 will be the first kernel to have support for this chipset. You can either upgrade to the latest kernel or backport the specific changes to your distro's kernel.
The following might help regarding the CDROM: http://kerneltrap.org/node/5836
Can you configure AHCI mode for SATA in the BIOS? That might also help getting the CDROM working.
Here are some relevant excerpts from kernel changelogs:
ChangeLog-2.6.18-rc1:
commit 19039bd0079f282b1023e61212285b5653e3a8ad
Author: Takashi Iwai
Date: Wed Jun 28 15:52:16 2006 +0200
[ALSA] Add Intel D965 board support
Added the support for Intel D965 boards with STAC9227 codec.
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai
Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela
ChangeLog-2.6.18-rc2:
commit ae2c3860eb18712b71861bb6fc8d7e11e0f79e6d
Author: Auke Kok
Date: Tue Jun 27 09:08:30 2006 -0700
e1000: add ich8lan device ID's
Add the device ID's of the supported ICH8 LAN devices.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok
commit 1f9e7e3d32f7ff3fd3a936fc9ad59770b3d29774
Author: Auke Kok
Date: Tue Jun 27 09:08:26 2006 -0700
e1000: allow user to disable ich8 lock loss workaround
The workaround for the ich8 lock loss problem is only needed for
a very small amount of systems. This adds an option for the user
to disable the workaround.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok
commit cd94dd0b648ceb64ca5e41d9ccfa99c1e30e92ef
Author: Auke Kok
Date: Tue Jun 27 09:08:22 2006 -0700
e1000: integrate ich8 support into driver
This hooks up the ich8 structure into the driver itself.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok
commit d37ea5d56293b7a883d2a993df5d8b9fb660ed3b
Author: Auke Kok
Date: Tue Jun 27 09:08:17 2006 -0700
e1000: add ich8lan core functions
This implements the core new functions needed for ich8's internal
NIC. This includes:
* ich8 specific read/write code
* flash/nvm access code
* software semaphore flag functions
* 10/100 PHY (fe - no gigabit speed) support for low-end versions
* A workaround for a powerdown sequence problem discovered that
affects a small number of motherboard.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg
Signed-off-by: Auke Kok
ChangeLog-2.6.18-rc3:
commit 08f12edc335d24a89ba2f50b0a5b9d12295ce198
Author: Jeff Garzik
Date: Tue Jul 11 11:57:44 2006 -0400
[libata] ata_piix: attempt to fix ICH8 support
Take into account the fact that ICH8 changed the register layout of
the MAP and PCS register bits.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik
Same Problem
I am encountering the same problem. I have a E6400 on DP965LT. I am suppose to use this as a LAMP server :(
BTW, I've read that a guy (i just found an article on google) successfully installed a fedora core 5 on DP965LT. He can't get the ethernet or the optical drive to work though.
Do you think if I get a new ethernet card, linux will be able to detect it? I am hoping that the problem is only on the builtin ethernet. idon't mind not having optical drive..
Yes, any supported pci nic sh
Yes, any supported pci nic should work fine. I'd recommend any oem card based on the realtek 8139c chipset (100mbit) - can be had for about £2/$5
Yes, any supported pci nic sh
Yes, any supported pci nic should work fine. I'd recommend any oem card based on the realtek 8139c chipset (100mbit) - can be had for about £2/$5
About LAN
I did get the onboard lan on DG965WH to work. Just install latest driver from e1000.sf.net. This worked with 2.6.17.13.
FC5 won't boot after installation on DG965WH Intel 965 mobo
I have fc5 installed finally with the acpi=off all-generic-ide irqpoll boot options, but once installed, it wont boot into the linux. Just blank screen shows up? Any one face the same problem? Anyone sucessfully installed fc5 on this mobo? Pls share your config and what you did if you were able to install.
My config :
DG965WH Motherboard, intel pentium 4 HT 3ghz 2mb L2 cache cpu, 250g sata hdd, 2 raptors 36g 10,000rpm each, Patriot memory 1gb sticks 2gb total.
DG965WH FC5 Success
I was unable to boot even the install CD, and submitted a question to Intel tech support. Here's their answer:
- Ensure the BIOS is set to AHCI. Please go to Advanced > Drive configuration > Configure SATA as. (In later Intel(R) desktop boards you can enter the BIOS setup program by repeatedly pressing the key during the boot process)
- Use the boot parameter: all-generic-ide
- use the boot parameter: pci=nommconf
I was able to install with no problems and have a working, stable system. The install program automatically configured GRUB to provide the pci=nommconf paramter, so maybe this is what you need.
As to Ethernet, I had to download the latest e1000 driver from Intel's website and build it from source (e1000-7.2.9.tar.gz). The one that comes with FC5 doesn't seem to work.
You don't need the full kernel sources to build it, just the appropriate kernel-devel (or kernel-smp-devel) package.
One thing I didn't have any luck with was getting the system to work with both SATA and PATA disks installed, so I'm sticking with pure SATA.
CDROM not working in any boot up dos diskette.
I would like to know why the windows 98se boot disk dont recognize any cd rom or dvd rom on the 965 intel chipsets. Also, how I can edit the config.sys or autoexec.bat to make the cdrom recognizeable.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can answer my question.
how?
I compiled the source code, did a modprobe (even inserted in /etc/sysconfig/network), but I cannot get it to work in anyway. I am using kernel 2.6.15
is there something special about creating a "driver floppy"?
hey
i try to install newest debian etch on:
-intel dual core 2 duo
-dg965wh mainboard
-160GB sata disk
-lg dvd (on ide port)
-realtek pci network card
the installer fails to recognice my dvd as well as my network (on board/realtek disconnected as well as realtek/on board disabled)
i compiled the e1000 driver and wanted to provide the installer with the module (e1000.ko) via floppy but the installer is telling me: "cannot read floppy, or not a driver floppy". the floppy is fine so is there a special way to create a "driver floppy"? i tryed just copying the module and copying the module via dd but its always the same.
any hints?
thanks in advance!
DVDROM works with 965P in Fedora core 5
you can use the boot parameter all-generic-ide to have your CDROM working. NIC seems to be more of a problem.
installing Ubuntu 6.06.1 on DG965MS
I got dapper on a DG965MS using a USB cdrom drive and acpi=off in the boot command. Once installed I droped 2.6.18-rc7 (64Bit build) on it with the config trimmed down to just the intel stuff.
I cant boot it without "acpi=off" and im looking at the kernel patches for that. Make sure you have the most recent bios on the DG965 motherboards.
Other that that, its running fine execpt for a slow mount on one of my sata partitions where it tries to mount sda2 and it cant find it for some reason.
Update
With 2.6.18 everything works.
DP965LT kernel config
I'm upgrading my kernel to 2.6.18 to get the onboard ethernet working but I dont see any mention of 965 or ICH8 or anything else which might refer to the device driver. Can I just compile and it will support the DP965LT onboard ethernet by default?
ethernet driver
When configuring the kernel, select this driver:
Device Drivers -> Network device support -> Ethernet (1000 Mbit) -> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Gigabit Ethernet support
The module name is e1000.ko. This driver supports many different models of Intel network adapters; the driver version in 2.6.18 is the first to support the specific adapter included in the 965 chipset.
hi, i compiled 2.6.18 for my
hi, i compiled 2.6.18 for my DG965SS, and as above, the onboard NIC works fine. i still need to get X going - i believe X11r7.1 with the i810 driver is the way to go. i still don't see my PATA cd-rom drive though, even after booting with the 2.6.18 kernel. any suggestions?
I believe you need to enable
I believe you need to enable Intel PIIXn chipsets support in the IDE section too. Of course under SCSI/ SATA you also need to enable both AHCI and Intel PIIX/ICH SATA support. With that my GA-965P-S3 can see a CD-ROM and ZIP drive.
AHCI?
I'm in the same situation... I loaded 2.6.18, and now I can boot, the display works, and I have network, but I don't see my CDROM or my USB memory stick. I have the PIIX/ICH SATA, but I can't find AHCI in the "make menuconfig" configuration options. Any hints?
thanks,
Dan
Make sure to enable the jmicr
Make sure to enable the jmicron pata support
jmicron
i compiled in the PIIX/ICH SATA/AHCI support in the relevant sections (under SCSI and IDE), but can't find a specific jmicron option. i gather from browsing through the source that it may be in the generic IDE driver. tried compiling that in, but still makes no difference.
Hi, i am installing an ubunt
Hi,
i am installing an ubuntu in an Intel 965 Express chipset and it is slower than death from smoking... I compiled the 2.6.18 and installed the drivers you guys suggested to this list but still nothing.
Can somebody post a lsmod and lspci result to see what is happening??
Moreover i see the generic ide driver loaded that is marked as "[permanent]" and i cannot unload it (in favour of piix driver) or somehow override it...
any ideas?
Thanks
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core_
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Core_2_Duo_Support
Try the latest stable
Try the latest stable version of the Linux kernel (2.6.21.1)
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.21.1.tar.gz
Hardware Compatibility
I’ve assembled this one machine with:
Motherboard: Intel DG965SS
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Memory: DDR2-533 2 GB
HD: Barracuda 7200.10 SATA/250.0 GB/7200 rpm
For the main purpose of scientific development (high performance computing).
So, I’m trying to find out what’s the best Linux distro to work with this hardware, the distro (not just the right kernel, but the best hardware support, given this mobo is fully onboard) which has 100% compatibility between hardware and OS.
This hard disk already has Windows XP Professional installed on it, and I don’t need to have both (Linux and Windows) running at the same time, but if it is the only way to work, ok.
Can you give me few directions??? Tips??? Answers???
Thanks in advance,
Samuel. (anyone whom may help and answer directly, my e-mail address is samuelsiqueira@gmail.com )
FC5 on DP965LT
I got DP965LT working on FC5. Just download kernel2.6.18 (rpm is available at http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/...).
and run using boot parameters: all-generic-ide, acpi=off, irqpoll, and selinux_compat_net=1.
HTH
Supported chipset(s)?
I also bought a DG965WH and Pentium D and haven't gotten past
the install boot. I had some success with acpi=no noapic
but it can't find my SATA HD.
I appreciate that debugging this problem and implementing support for
the 965 chipset is important, but I'm not a kernel guru and just
need to get Linux installed.
Can someone tell me which chipsets ARE supported in the FC5
kernel that also support a Pentium D (not Core 2 Duo, just D)?
I have the same mobo. I was
I have the same mobo. I was able to get Fedora 5 installed using the following boot parameters
“linux all-generic-ide apci=off irqpoll selinux_compat_net=1”
My problem is getting the DVD and NIC to work. I'm going to try the latest e1000.ko module tonight.
BTW, I did try a Reltek USB NIC, but that didn't work. I know the USB controller is working because it does recognizes my USB memory drive.
The mobo works fine with kern
The mobo works fine with kernel 2.6.18-gentoo and 2.6.19-rc2-vanilla without any boot parameters. Ok, by the first time I installed the OS with the gentoo 2006.1 live-cd and boot parameter "all-generic-ide" - just to get cdrom access.
The NIC is not the problem the e1000.ko driver works fine.
I think the main problem of the mobo is that there insn't any driver for the Marvell IDE chip at the moment - so the cdrom/DVD doesn't work ;-(
I gave the new 2.6.19 kernel a try, because of the new highly experimental Marvell IDE support by Alan Cox, but I had no sucsess ;(
btw, using "all-generic-ide" with the above kernels (not the gentoo live-cd) let me run into HD-access/timeing problems maybe acpi problems too - its not really safe for me and renaming sda to hda isn't nice too.
I can't live without cd/dvd any longer....*snief*
SMP and audio still a problem here
I have Fedora Core 6 (kernel 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6) on the DP965LT with a Core 2 Duo 1.8 MHz, and mostly everything works fine when I boot with "acpi=off irqpoll all-generic-ide".
Everything, that is, except for SMP and audio. I can't get audio to work at all, even though the driver loads.
The other thing is SMP. If I boot without "acpi=off" then SMP works, but the system crashes after some time, unpredictably.
Does anybody have any hints on those two issues?
Similar problem
I have a Dell D620 with a Core 2 Duo - it acts very strange if both cores are enabled ie. the keyboard repeats a keystroke every now and then and the mouse hangs for a few secs on regular intervals.
intel dg965wh Centos 4
I've installed Centos 4.4 on a Intel dg965wh with core 2 duo processor:
kernel is 2.6.9-42.ELsmp
all-generic-ide was needed to install and access cd drive.
A compiled 2.6.18.3 got the network card to work.
BUT and easier approach may be to obtain from the intel site the linux quick start kit for Redhat Enterprise linux 4. This contains kernel module rpms for sound, network and graphics (have not tried the graphics).
the sound and networking rpms worked great with the stock x86_64 2.6.9-42.ELsmp kernel.
If you need to stick with the enterprise Redhat version give them a try...
I am trying to find linux qui
I am trying to find linux quick start kit for Redhat Enterprise linux 4 from the Intel site but cannot locate it. Is that the actual name of the download? Can you post a link?
Thanks.
It's in the Additional Downlo
It's in the Additional Download area for the motherboard page, upper left side. I'm about to try them out.
DP965LT tales
quite the same here.
core 2 duo E6600 on an Intel DP965LT
nvidia 7300GT PCIe
SATA HD
IDE DVD
i installed debian edge from an external USB-DVD drive and an ancient networkcard wich i borrowed from another computer.
after building the 2.6.19.1 64-bit SMP kernel everything works...erm...
exept:
· PATA - DVD
· onboard sound
· suspend & hilbernate
· speestep
· accelerated nvidia-graphics
the latest nvidia-driver compiled nicely (after some tweeking), but when X starts i get some kernel-oops'es and a black screen.
Does anybody got nvidia-driver working?
PATA-DVD: try adding irqpoll
PATA-DVD: try adding irqpoll option to your boot parameters
DQ965GF working with NVidia, PATA
was hard work, but it was successfull
Core2Duo E6400 on a DQ965GF
NVidia GF7300GS
SATA Seagate 80G
PATA Samsung 250G
copied a 2.6.18 Etch onto the PATA. Booting with Knoppix 5.??? with all-generic-ide
generated ext3 on the SATA
copied the distro onto the SATA
installed Grub und bootet from the SATA.
network worked
build a new kernel 2.6.19.2 with Marvell 88SE6101 patch
worked
installed NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-9746
(sounds easier as it was, took me too weekends :-s )
The only thing I'm still working on (maybe next weekend) is the VMware.
greets, Albert
Did you succeed VMware on your dq965gf?
I took another choice, http for booting fc6 on DQ965GF. However, I could not start VMWare ESX because it support very limited number of drivers. Have you scceeded?
FC6 works on Core II E4300 and Intel 965 !!!
I installed FC6 on Core II Duo E4300, Intel 965 Motherboard with 1 GB DDR2 RAM. Though, I was not able to install it through USB CD/DVD Rom drive, I managed to install it via Local Hard drive (using ISO images). It runs absolutely fine and the complete installation took only 15 mins !!, but it has not recognized my Audio card.
- Regards
_ec
Fedora and Intel core2 duo with Intel965 motherboard
It is simply ugly to see that Fedora Core 5 or 6 does not
get installed on Intel core2 duo with Intel965 motherboard system. OpenSUSE 64 bit version works very nicely. People have been suffering enough with Fedora for their cutting edge machines. It is time to say good bye to Fedora although I have been sticking to Fedora/RedHat system for the last 9 years. Life is not meant for suffering. If things are not delivered there is no point to stay with a particular OS.
Also the new debian 4.0r0 has problems with the DP965LT
Tried to install Debian Etch on a computer i just build from some new components. But still a no-go because the IDE dvd-rw was not recognized, while these problems already exists for a long time. But i have been able to get Ubuntu Feisty Fawn installed on it. Although my hda was seen as sda.
Debian works fine on DG965RY and DQ965GF
I'm running debian etch on two Intel boards, DG965RY and DQ965GF. I believe they are similar enough to DP965LT that the advice will apply there too, but I have not tried.
Anyway, at the debian installer boot menu, I had to type "install generic.all_generic_ide=1" to get things working. Some people have also recommended the irqpoll and pci=nommconf options, they were not necessary for me but I can confirm they did not hurt either :)
After the installer is done, boot options were not necessary anymore (apparently the installed kernel has a few differences in ide support ?). I also tried compiling my own 2.6.20 kernel, there the PATA could be recognized only if I do pass generic.all_generic_ide=1, or with the new marvell PATA driver that's included in libata.
Hope this helps.
INISTALLATION PROBLEM_ PLS CLARIFY
Dear Friend,
I have problem for inistalling LINUX OS, i try to inistall RED HAT LINUX but - it's continue to in this step - " PROBING PCI HARDWARE (BUS 00)" in this step onwards no responce.
My Configuration is
INTEL 965RY Motherboard
Intel core2 Duo Processor
2GB DDR2 RAM
pls send me the reply wats the problem
my e- mail is -- srinu_1725@yahoo.co.in
thanking you
srinivas.
965GF works with CentOS 5 but not realy fully supported
I noticed same problem with booting DVD and I finished installation with USB DVD later.
I'm using Intel D965GF with 4* 1GB RAM modules, 4x SATA 500GB disks attached onboard SATA controler configured as "native IDE" not "Legacy SATA" and Core2duo QUAD processor.
I installed OpenFiler and CentOS v.5 both successfuly with same DVD boot symptom.
Intresting is that DVD on IDE onboard controller can not be used or mounted siply linux can not detect it.
Debian 4.0 y Gentoo 2007+ Intel DG965HW
Para poder instalar Debian Etch en una PC con motherboard Intel DG965:
1) Entrar al Bios y colocar que los discos y las lectoras use la OPCION AHCI
2) En la opción de booteo escribir: install generic.all_generic_ide=1
Y listo
En Gentoo:
1) Entrar al Bios y colocar que los discos y las lectoras use la OPCION AHCI
2) En la opción de booteo escribir: gentoo all-generic-ide pci=nommconf
Y listo
Saludos,
ADN
Bariloche - Patagonia Argentina
DG965WH works with FC7 test4
Installed FC7 test4 x86_64 on DG965WH without problems. Works pretty well. Using SATA drives and SATA DVD burner. Have 2GB RAM (2 x 1GB DDR2 800MHz) and CPU Intel Core2Duo E6600.
But after fullfilling the memory upto 4GB (4 x 1GB DDR2 800MHz) the system went extremely slow. Unusable you could say. Booting up to single user mode takes about 10-15 minutes. free, /proc/meminfo and other tools show that whole 4GB RAM was detected and deployed by the kernel. dmesg says
If I add kernel parameter 'mem=4G', 'mem=4096M', 'mem=3584M' or 'mem=3G' the kernel always detects only 3GB of the total 4GB, but the system runs as fast as expected. dmesg tells that there's a usable segment 0x100000000-0x12c000000 but it's not used. dmesg says
When booting (slowly :-) up with 4GB, those memory map infos of the dmesg show, that also memory mapped segment from 0x100000000 to 0x12c000000 is detected and deployed.
What makes it crawling with 4GB and how can I fix this? Using kernel 2.6.21-1.3163.fc7.
Bios Issue
Downgrade your bios to an earlier version, Don't know exactly what number for your type of board. But on the DG965SS any version above 1669P has problems when running with 4gb of ram. (Or atleast when using 4gb of ram from certain manufacturers).
Exactly the same problem
Hello!
I encounter exactly the same problem with some DP965LT.
I'M going to test the BIOS downgrade.
Let's see if that works.
The funny thing - post people have no idea what we're talking about and suggesting things like "enable highmem in kernel", is is simply wrong because that is only necessary for 32bit OS.
by until the next minutes ;)
Hm, I wasn't able to
Hm, I wasn't able to downgrade the bios...
Other things i heard is using a XEN Kernel.
FIXED
BIOS 1669 does the trick, as suggested!
great thing :-)
RAID and Intel DG965WH board
Hi everybody,
I am assembling a file server with an Intel DG965WH, thus I have a system disk (Maxtor SATA 80 GB) plus 3 “home” disks (3 x Maxtor SATA 200 GB) for the /home directory using RAID 5. I wanted to use the RAID provided with the board and I set a RAID 5 with the 3 200 GB Maxtor, no problem, but FC6 says during the installation that it cannot find dm0 device, even though I did not set any partitions yet, curious but I could not find a workaround for this (I am pretty short on RAID and Linux knowledge). Then I reset all discs to AHCI, and tried Linux software RAID during installation. Everything works fine up to the first boot, when the system puts me into mono user mode in order to repair the defective array, I try to run ext2fsck and it says it cannot find the volume. Has anyone had problems with RAID (hardware or software)? Any tips? Do you want some fries with your burger? It will be $ 3,99 sir, thanks...