[ale] Ubuntu no go

[Jim]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Friday 12 January 2007 06:21, Jim wrote:
>   
>> OK I won't waste any more time, but if anyone is interested in a dual
>> core intel on a mother board with a JMicron chip set, you might want to
>> think twice.  See
>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/57502 for
>> more info.
>>     
>  uname -a
> Linux my_machine1 2.6.18.2-34-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 27 11:46:27 UTC 2006 i686 
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>
> when I run movie conversion software I see this:
>
> Multiple CPUs detected; mpeg2enc will use multithreading.
>
> hmm. when I run Yast-hardware info, after a point my screen goes dark and I 
> can't change to a different login or CTRL-ALT-F1
> I had to reboot.
> running SUSE 10.2 on a new DELL XPS desktop. Duo Core.
>
>   
I probably should have included "using Ubuntu" in my statement.  I also
have a intel 6300 running successfully on Suse 10.2.   It has a few
problems however.  It doesn't have the JMicron controller hardware either.

By the way, the box that is failing is an ECS P965T-A with a 6400 Intel
chip.

Jim.

Jim.