Hi Michel, Thanks for the tip. You were spot on. I updated the BIOS to A08 and it works fine now. Much appreciated, John > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Michel van Deventer > Sent: Friday, 29 February 2008 8:28 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Allocaation resource error (DELL > Optiplex 755)... > > Hi, > > I had EXACTLY the same problem, running Fedora 8 (64-bit) on > a Optiplex 755 > with 4Gb and a 8600GT. You should update you DELL bios to rev > A07 (released > about a month ago) then it works. There's a know bug in bios > A04 and lower. > > Regards, > > Michel van Deventer > > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:05:47 +1100, John.Giovannis wrote > > Hi all, > > > > (My first time in seeking assistance via the CentOS mailing > list ... > > Not sure if I should be submitting this as a possible kernel bug). > > > > I've successfully installed Cent OS 5.1 (kernel: > 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5) > > on an Optiplex 755 (EM64T). However I'm not able to get a > NVIDIA Gigabyte > > 8600GT (PCI-e) card to work with the system despite successfully > > installing the latest NVIDIA drivers > > (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-169.07-pkg2.run). > > > > I've tested the same configuration in Windows with no difficulties. > > > > I suspect the kernel is not able to allocate the > appropriate hardware > > resources possibly resulting in the card failing to fire up > properly: > > > > Some diagnostics: > > > > A snippet of the Xorg log file: > > > > # more /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -E 'WW|EE' > > (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, > (??) unknown. > > (WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0x13a000000 e: 0x13affffff > > correcting > > (EE) Cannot find a replacement memory range > > (WW) ****INVALID MEM ALLOCATION**** b: 0x138000000 e: 0x139ffffff > > correcting > > (WW) ****INVALID IO ALLOCATION**** b: 0x13800dc80 e: 0x13800dcff > > correcting > > (EE) end of block range 0xffffffff < begin 0x138000000 > > (EE) Cannot find a replacement memory range > > (EE) NVIDIA(0): The NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0 is not supported by the > > 169.09 > > (EE) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA driver. > > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device! > > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > > > > # dmesg | grep Cannot > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:01.0 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 8 of bridge 0000:00:1c.0 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 1 of device 0000:00:03.3 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:19.0 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 1 of device 0000:00:19.0 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:1a.7 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:1b.0 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:1f.3 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:01:00.0 > > PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 3 of device 0000:01:00.0 > > > > # lsmod | grep nvidia > > nvidia 8885796 0 > > i2c_core 56129 3 i2c_ec,nvidia,i2c_i801 > > > > # lspci -v | grep -E > > '00:01.0|00:1c.0|00:03.3|00:19.0|00:1a.7|00:1b.0|00:1f.3|01:00.0' > > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express PCI Express Root > > Port (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) > > 00:03.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Serial KT > > Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 02 [16550]) > > > > 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566DM-2 > Gigabit Network > > Connection (rev 02) > > > > 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 > Family) USB2 EHCI > > Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) > > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 > Family) HD Audio > > Controller (rev 02) > > > > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI > > Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) > > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus > Controller > > (rev 02) > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation > GeForce 8600 GT > > (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) > > > > Is it likely that I need to try an older kernel or attempt > to patch the > > current one ? > > > > Any suggestions are appreciated, > > > > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 974878) is spam: > > Spam: > http://neelix.grote.net/canit/b.php?c=s&i=974878&m=084624e9d43b > > Not spam: > http://neelix.grote.net/canit/b.php?c=n&i=974878&m=084624e9d43b > > Forget vote: > http://neelix.grote.net/canit/b.php?c=f&i=974878&m=084624e9d43b > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > > > -- > Het.Grote.Net WebMail, powered by OpenWebMail > -- > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >