[SOLVED] Intel Atom & Mythbuntu 8.04

[xykevinr]

Hi All,

has anyone got an Intel Atom to work with 8.04 ?

I recently bought a D945GCLF board, with a 1.6HGz Atom(230) on it - seemed ideal for a cheap frontend.

New install of Mythbuntu 7.10 worked fine. Doing all the upgrades / updates available makes it able to work with by 8.04 backend - all was good.

Upgrading the above to 8.04 LTS causes a problem when re-booting - I get some kind of modprobe error.

A new install of 8.04 from distro CD (yes I checked the disk)cases a similar problem (modprobe error) when trying to boot following the install.

Just for a laugh, I tried using the diskless frontend feature in 8.04. On the backend I built a boot image on a pendrive. When booting on the frontend - guess what - modprobe error.

I've done quite some google-ing but cant find anything - might be i've not worked out the best keywords though.

(obviously I can post more details if anyone can help).

thanks for your time... Kev

[mrsteveman1]

If you can, post the specific errors you are seeing.

It might also help if you could post the entire kernel log (dmesg) in a pastebin like http://code.bulix.org/

[encode]

I also have the same thing happening to me, but I'm at work currently and I didn't write down the error message.

Both Xubuntu and Ubuntu 8.04 failed, not surprisingly. I was able to successfully boot an opensolaris live cd called Milax (http://www.milax.org/).

I hope there is a relatively easy solution to this.

[encode]

There's a thread (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-kernel-70/intel-atom-d945gclf-kernel-problems-646190/)on linux questions that sounds promising regarding this issue. I'll have to give it a try when I get home.

Basically, disable the onboard ethernet in BIOS, and booting should work fine.

Edit: Another thread here (http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg879194.html).

[kogz]

And another: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=812817

[superm1]

A lot of the Atom based boards have realtek controllers for their ethernet. Try grabbing a hardy daily image as there are a few fixes in the 2.6.24-19 kernel included in the daily images.

see cdimages.ubuntu.com

[superm1]

Also, you really are better off using an lpia kernel on these. We haven't rolled lpia disks as of yet, but we can see how difficult it ends up being.

[deltateam2]

Both Xubuntu and Ubuntu 8.04 failed, not surprisingly. I was able to successfully boot an opensolaris live cd called Milax (http://www.milax.org/).

Milax booted? Did the new ethernet card work? If it does, I guess that means it works with current nevada? If so, my zfs nas dream is about to begin. :guitar:

Does this board supports WOL?

[xykevinr]

These problems just go away with 8.04.1

cheers, Kev:guitar: