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Finally got in touch with someone at Asus that knows about linux. He
said that he thinks it is a problem with the chipset. The graphics are
probably faulty because the on board graphics are integrated into the
chipset, so they are inseparable it would seem. It seems Asus has been
having many boards come back with problems related to Nvidia chipsets
and Linux.<br>
His only two recommendations:<br>
Boot Ubuntu with the no APIC flag set. ( can anyone give me a quick
tutorial on how to accomplish this?)<br>
Don't use Mobo's with Nvidia chipsets when running linux because Nvidia
does not release the source for the chipset drivers so linux developers
just have to do the best they can to work with what they've got. (Not
sure I agree, but it makes sense.)<br>
<br>
Maybe there will be a fix in the future.<br>
<br>
Joshua<br>
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Greg Clifton wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTin9HF487N91Gn458kbQzs-jgqkZHo9xEDr9kmyA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hello Joshua,<br>
<br>
I second the motion of contacting ASUS, I have found them to be pretty
responsive to any technical queries. Perhaps they have a beta or custom
BIOS that would solve the problem.<br>
<br>
I have a relatively new system at home with a single core Athlon 64 and
a Nvidia graphics card running the latest Ubuntu 64bit w/ 4GB of RAM
that also won't hibernate; system acts like it is going to sleep and
then just reboots. I forget the exact make/model, MSI or something
cheaper ($50 for mobo & CPU @ Frys a year or so ago) so I think the
ACPI/AIPC issues are not restricted to just ASUS mobos.<br>
<br>
GC <br>
<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Robert
Reese <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ale@sixit.com">ale@sixit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hello
Joshua,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Monday, June 14, 2010, 3:34:38 AM, you wrote:<br>
<br>
> I have been working on a machine for a while now, trying to get it<br>
> up and running with Ubuntu x86_64 10.04.<br>
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> ... The motherboard model is:<br>
<div class="im">> Asus P5N-VM WS/TW100-E5<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="im">> After Bios Post there is a pause then an<br>
> error message:<br>
<br>
> nforce_smbus 0000:00:03.2: error probing SMB1 and then something<br>
> equivalent but<br>
> nforce_smbus 0000:00:03.2: error probing SMB2 Not sure if the hex<br>
> numbers are different, I can check later.<br>
> (it might say nforce2, but I am not 100% on that)<br>
<br>
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I'm not sure this will help you or not...<br>
<br>
I have the same error messages on my ASUS 1201N Eee PC running Ubuntu
10.04 x64. In my research, as limited as the information is on this, I
found this to be specific to ASUS + NVidia NForce2. Most people that
have this issue write that the error delays booting an additional few
seconds; no one has identified the same issues as you that I saw. Some
others report that the SMB issue is with ACPI and a few other
NForce2-controlled functions, including some boot-up USB issues. Yet
none that I saw had any issues with video. (For me, my 1201N won't
hibernate...)<br>
<br>
Of course, very few of them are running dual video cards and more than
8GB RAM, so your problem could certainly be a result of the error.
OTOH, going from BIOS 4.08 to 6.01 is a huge leap. Have you contacted
ASUS about this problem, or tried interim BIOS updates?<br>
<br>
Anyway, perhaps this link will help:<br>
<div class="im"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/575296"
target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/575296</a><br>
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<div class="h5">Cheers,<br>
Robert~<br>
<br>
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