Fwd: Resource conflict amd64 lenny & MMIO issues & failure of modprobe fglrx

[Francesco Pietra <chiendarret@gmail.com>]

Besides the issues posted initially (please see at the end of this
message) other problems have arisen, while I did nothing about BIOS
yet, which is Phoenix version 2004Q3, 03/14/2006.

I installed:

smartmontools  (OK)

sensors-detec (fine with smsc47b397 and k8 temp; actually, during ssh
installatio there was a message: "Aborting MAKEDEV invocation", but
udev worked fine)

ssh (and linked it to the computing machine through pub keys, OK)


At reboot, I noticed:

Waiting for /dev to be fully populated ... [ 11.733444]
Cannot reserve MMIO region

after a while it booted, while gnome warned that there was a kernel failure.

The I went on for fglrx;

m-a a-i -t fglrx

reported

setting up fglrx-glx-ia32 (1:8-12-4)

After reboot,

modprobe fglrx

reported

FATAL error inserting fglrx
(/lib/modules/2.6.26-1-amd64/misc/fglrx.ko): cannot allocate memory

$ free -m

reports

Mem 3970 (total) 295 (used) 3674 (free) 0 (shared)

corresponding to four slots DDR1 pc32oo ECC 1GB.

# lshw -class memory
  *-firmware
       description: BIOS
       vendor: Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
       physical id: 1
       version: 2004Q3 (03/14/2006)
       size: 101KiB
       capacity: 960KiB
       capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect
edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880
int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi
usb
  *-cache:0
       description: L1 cache
       physical id: 6
       slot: H0 L1 Cache
       size: 64KiB
       capacity: 64KiB
       capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
  *-cache:1
       description: L2 cache
       physical id: 7
       slot: H0 L2 Cache
       size: 2MiB
       capabilities: synchronous internal write-through unified
  *-cache:0
       description: L1 cache
       physical id: 8
       slot: H1 L1 Cache
       size: 64KiB
       capacity: 64KiB
       capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
  *-cache:1
       description: L2 cache
       physical id: 9
       slot: H1 L2 Cache
       size: 2MiB
       capabilities: synchronous internal write-through unified
  *-memory:0
       description: System Memory
       physical id: d
       slot: System board or motherboard
       size: 16GiB
     *-bank:0
          description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
          physical id: 0
          slot: C0_DIMM0
          size: 8GiB
          width: 64 bits
     *-bank:1
          description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
          physical id: 1
          slot: C0_DIMM1
          size: 8GiB
          width: 64 bits
     *-bank:2
          description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous [empty]
          physical id: 2
          slot: C0_DIMM2
     *-bank:3
          description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous [empty]
          physical id: 3
          slot: C0_DIMM3
     *-bank:4
          description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
          physical id: 4
          slot: C0_DIMM0
          size: 128MiB
          width: 64 bits
     *-bank:5
          description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
          physical id: 5
          slot: C1_DIMM1
          size: 128MiB
          width: 64 bits
     *-bank:6
          description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous [empty]
          physical id: 6
          slot: C1_DIMM2
     *-bank:7
          description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous [empty]
          physical id: 7
          slot: C1_DIMM3
  *-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
       description: Memory controller
       product: CK804 Memory Controller
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 4
       bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
       version: a3
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
       capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
       description: Memory controller
       product: CK804 Memory Controller
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:80:00.0
       version: a3
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
       capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
  *-memory:3 UNCLAIMED
       description: Memory controller
       product: CK804 Memory Controller
       vendor: nVidia Corporation
       physical id: e
       bus info: pci@0000:80:01.0
       version: a3
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
       capabilities: bus_master
       configuration: latency=0
=====================
thaks for help
francesco


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Francesco Pietra <chiendarret@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:18 AM
Subject: Resource conflict amd64 lenny
To: amd64 Debian <debian-amd64@lists.debian.org>


I have resumed a dismissed (removed mem slots, HDD WD Raptor, floppy,
CD-ROM) computer that was running fine with amd64 etch raid1.

Mainboard Tyan S2895, two dual-opteron 265, graphic card Pixelview
6600256M DDR DVI PCI-Express. New two sata Maxtor HDD 250GB, 4 slots
Kingston DDR1 pc3200 400MHz, new CD-ROM and floppy. amd64 lenny raid1.
No fast video driver installed as yet.

kernel.shmmax=1000000000
kernel.shmall=4000000000

At boot:

ERROR Resource conflict PCI Mass Storage Controller in slot 01
Bus: 01, Device 04, Function: 00 was unable to run due to memory constraints
Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to stop.

On pressing F1 it boots fine and everything is working, as far as I
can understand. On booting again, same issues.

BIOS (never updated) problem with lenny?

Thanks for advice

francesco pietra