[SOLVED] Can't install arch - address space collision

unideal · 2011-08-26 22:44:20

Hey guys!

I decided to switch back to Arch and proceeded to install from my USB stick, but it seems I've encountered some kind of a nasty bug. A total showstopper..

"Decompressing Linux... Parsing ELF... done.
Booting the kernel."
[ 0.694100] pci_root PNP0A08:00: address space collision: host bridge window
[mem 0x000c800-0x000dffff] conflicts with Video ROM [mem 0x000c8000-0x000cf9ff]"

EDIT: It seems to go further than this. Boot starts normally, but crashes after setting Radeon KMS mode.

The computer locks up and reboots.

What a shame! I was about to spend tonight installing and configuring Arch, but it seems I won't be.

Are there any known workarounds?

Asus P8P67 Pro & HD6870 Hawk.

Last edited by unideal (2011-10-13 05:37:22)

karol · 2011-08-26 22:53:09

Seems like same bug as https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=979028

unideal · 2011-08-26 22:58:07

karol wrote:

Seems like same bug as https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=979028

It seems similar indeed. Though, I don't think it caused any lockups there, did it?

I noticed the reboot *instantly* occurs after "Triggering uevents". Had to take video and play in slowmotion to notice that. So I'm not sure if it's actually related to the "Address space collision" warning or not.

E: The 2010.05 image boots just fine. I'm going to try Archboot next...

Last edited by unideal (2011-08-26 23:51:23)

unideal · 2011-08-27 00:53:02

Yeah, the older isos do work fine, but... my boards network isnt working on them! This is just outright horrible.

Actually, looking at the Archboot output, the culprit seems to be the Radeon KMS module. LTS version works fine, the newer one doesnt.

Last edited by unideal (2011-08-27 00:53:31)

karol · 2011-08-27 00:55:31

Are you saying archboot doesn't recognize your network card?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 74#p968474

unideal · 2011-08-27 01:05:26

karol wrote:

Are you saying archboot doesn't recognize your network card?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 74#p968474

The newer image included in the Archboot wont boot, because of the (likely being) Radeon KMS issue. Same thing that happens with the latest official Arch installation image.

The LTS version will boot, as will 2010.05 official Arch disk, however, I dont think support for my network card is included in the kernels included in those ISOs. I can only see my lo0. I tried removing modprobe.d confs owned by no package, but it only got rid of framebuffer and ide things, nothing network related.

E: Im not sure if its radeon KMS issue either, because radeon.modeset=0 didnt help, neither did nomodeset. What I suspect, anyway, is that theres some kind of bug in the 3.0.x kernel that causes my system to lockup on boot from installation disk. 2.6.x kernels seem to work just fine, but they dont include drivers for my network card.

Last edited by unideal (2011-08-27 01:11:17)

ataraxia · 2011-08-27 01:46:02

You could try to flash your BIOS if there's an upgrade available.

You could also try telling the kernel to be less picky about these collisions by passing acpi_enforce_resources=lax to the kernel on its command line. That's dangerous to enable by default, but in your case, it's already crashing, so what have you got to lose?

unideal · 2011-08-27 09:04:11

I just tried and the exactly same thing happens with the latest Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot daily snapshot build (which is using 3.0.x too). acpi_enforce_resources=lax didn't help.

I also flashed my BIOS to the latest beta version (14xx -> 1805), but nah, didn't make difference either

E: Tried pci=nocrs, but it didn't help for the lockups. It restarts right after it's reporting going to Radeon KMS.

E2: Fedora 15 (with 2.6.38 kernel) won't work either. It allegedly had support for my network card, so I resorted trying it too. Which in turn made me wonder if this crashing issue could be a bug related to my onboard NIC, but disabling it didn't help.

E3: So what I've been able to gather is that 2.6.33 seems to work fine, but without network connectivity. I haven't been able to test 2.6.36, but it should introduce support for my NIC and thus have connectivity. 2.6.38 and the more recent kernels, including 3.0.x ones, won't work (crash on bootup).

E4: Tried messing around in UEFI (disabling SATA or USB controllers, onboard audio, onboard NIC, high precision timer etc.), but to no avail

E5: Not much news really, but I took a (bad quality and very shaky) video in case someone wants to take a closer look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFxZLZuNfc0

That's with Archboot and 3.0.1 kernel, but the same thing happens with the official installation disk and 3.0.3 too. Reboot happens instantly when the video ends.

Last edited by unideal (2011-08-27 12:50:50)

unideal · 2011-08-27 14:18:56

Could someone tip me on how to log the error messages and obtain the other needed information, so I can report this totally ridiculous bug on kernel.org bug tracker ...?

unideal · 2011-09-02 05:54:27

I apologize for the last post which was indeed kind of aggressive, but I think you can imagine my frustration

It seems my motherboard was the one in fault, because it couldn't boot any other OS anymore (+ Windows) either. It has been RMA'd. I'll let you know how it goes!

Last edited by unideal (2011-09-02 05:54:57)

unideal · 2011-10-11 06:18:47

I can confirm this was due to a faulty motherboard and not arch or linux related issue. Should this be marked as [SOLVED] or just plain closed?

E: Done.

Last edited by unideal (2011-10-13 05:37:36)

Lone_Wolf · 2011-10-12 19:31:29

Adding [SOLVED] is the preferred way.

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