PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available

[Sadara]

a basic problem.

when i boot from the knoppix cd, i see:

[penguin]
PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions

Welcome to the KNOPPIX live Linux-on-CD!

Probing SCSI ... aic7xxx.o

then ... nothing.

i'm booting from Knoppix 3.1 RELEASE: 2002-12-10-BETA.

i'm using a dell notebook (inspiron 2650) running windows xp pro (i'm ashamed to say!)

anything i can do? i'd love to be able to demo linux this way to clients!

thanks
sadara

[rickenbacherus]

It looks like Knoppix may have assigned the same IRQ to two different items. Obviously something to do with the PCI bus. Anyway.........

Firts try booting like this:
boot:failsafe

If that doesn't work, enter your BIOS
Disable APM (advanced power management)
Disable PnP (plug & play) then try the 'failsafe' boot again.

If that doesn't work try booting with the cheat codes found here:
http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/CheatCodes

If you need help with the cheat codes post back. :D

[Sadara]

thanks a lot!
boots up fine with 'failsafe'.
now to explore a little ....
sadara

[rickenbacherus]

Failsafe does almost no hardware detection. Since you can boot with failsafe it is only a matter of discovering which device or feature Knoppix does not like. You will need to implement one or more of these cheat codes:
http://www.knoppix.net/docs/index.php/CheatCodes

I would start with this: (only type what is in bold)

boot:knoppix noapic noapm nopcmcia nousb

If it boots then you know that one of these four things is causing Knoppix not to boot.

apic - advanced programmable interrupt control
apm - advanced power management
pcmcia - your modem or network card
usb - self explainatory

Assuming it boots with these cheat codes, the next step would be to eliminate each of these as a possibility like so:

boot:knoppix noapic-if that doesn't work then:
boot:knoppix noapm...and so on...
boot:knoppix nopcmcia
boot:knoppix nousb

If you need assistance with the other cheat codes (language, wheelmouse, screen resolution etc. just post back.

[Sadara]

'knoppix noscsi' is enough, it turns out, to boot up the knoppix system (apparently without errors).

the message:

PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions

still appears tucked in under tux. maybe at some point i'll discover that i really NEED Device 00:1f.1 - then again, maybe not.

thanks again.
sadara

[rickenbacherus]

So you got it eh? Cool. I wonder what that error means exactly?

Anyway........glad you got it. Knoppix is even better installed top your hard drive!

[Sadara]

well ... the system can't find my modem. so maybe that's something to do it....

[rickenbacherus]

Ah yes- that would explain it. You've got an onboard winmodem. Here's a short article explaining the whole problem and a few solutions.
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/09/07/linux_laptops/index1.html

And here is my personal favotie site dedicated to Linux running on mobile pc's:

http://www.tuxmobil.org/

[Sadara]

thanks for the tips. external modem it will be, then. and on monday we'll have a go at getting it running on the ADSL connection!
thanks again

[god]

I get the same pci error when i boot from CD... seeing as I have no modem, I doubt that is the issue (removed the damn thing for pci space for other toys) I also get an error related to my TV card farther down the list....how ever, the tv card works.... I will post that as soon as I return to my comp..

[rickenbacherus]

Although I do not know exactly what the error means it doesn't have to mean only a modem. It could be anything on the PCI bus.

I thought god would have known that. :D

You get alot of crap for that name don't you?

Perhaps a solution is assigning IRQ's automatically? -just a guess. You could disable autoIRQ in the BIOS and try that.

[Dave_Bechtel]

--For ADSL try ' pppoeconf '.


thanks for the tips. external modem it will be, then. and on monday we'll have a go at getting it running on the ADSL connection!
thanks again