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kerneloops package

EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is disabled by BIOS. Module will NOT be loaded.

Bug #525792 reported by Dave Morley
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
kerneloops (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
James Westby
Ubuntu lucid-alpha-3
Lucid
Fix Released
High
James Westby
Ubuntu lucid-alpha-3

Bug Description

Opening a new bug at the request of james_w

This happens on both the installed and live versions of 20100222 iso.

ProblemType: KernelOops
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: tester 1391 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfe028000 irq 23'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1019e601,00100002'
   Controls : 37
   Simple ctrls : 21
Date: Mon Feb 22 14:56:25 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Failure: oops
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=d2378cb4-7151-4183-acd4-b08f0ce85191
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100222)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 002: ID 04f2:0718 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Package: linux-image-2.6.32-14-generic 2.6.32-14.20
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-14-generic root=UUID=7437f356-542e-46da-a415-77ff3e2b4796 ro quiet splash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-14.20-generic
Regression: Yes
RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.30
Reproducible: Yes
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
TestedUpstream: No
Title: EDAC amd64: WARNING: ECC is disabled by BIOS. Module will NOT be loaded.
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-14-generic x86_64
dmi.bios.date: 11/08/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 6.00 PG
dmi.board.name: NF-M2S
dmi.board.vendor: www.abit.com.tw
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.version: NF-M2S
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr6.00PG:bd11/08/2006:svn:pnNF-M2S:pvr:rvnwww.abit.com.tw:rnNF-M2S:rvr:cvn:ct3:cvrNF-M2S:
dmi.product.name: NF-M2S

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/kerneloops
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Dave Morley (davmor2) wrote :
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James Westby (james-w) wrote :

Bumping priority way up otherwise we'll end up with another bug.

Thanks,

James

affects: linux (Ubuntu) → kerneloops (Ubuntu)
Changed in kerneloops (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → James Westby (james-w)
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → lucid-alpha-3
status: New → Triaged
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Harry (harry33) wrote :

Right, taking notes from the dupe bugs 524477, 525218 and 525616.

The problem is that some motherboards (like many Gigabyte mobos) do not have a correct way to switch on/off the ECC memory or does not have a switch at all.

Now, the kernel sees that ECC is disabled and gives a warning.
Actually kernel 2.6.32-13 did only that, but the newer one, 2.6.32-14, gives also an oops, which is a bug (=too high level action).

You can, as a workaround, blacklist the module x38_edac.

To do this, create a new file named edac.conf and put only this line in it:
blacklist x38_edac

The file should be then put into this folder:
/etc/modprobe.d/

This will prevent the module from getting loaded.
And of cource then the error detecting feature is off regarding ECC memory, meaning no ECC.
But then again, no probel if the motherboard does not support it anyway.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package kerneloops - 0.12+git20090217-1ubuntu6

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kerneloops (0.12+git20090217-1ubuntu6) lucid; urgency=low

  * Avoid another way that edac complains loudly. (LP: #525792)
 -- James Westby <email address hidden> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:48:37 +0000

Changed in kerneloops (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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