On 06/05/17 02:08, David Kastrup wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to pinpoint a problem I am having with current Ubuntu > Artful, likely after some recent attempts of getting rid of some package > incompatibilities. More likely than not the ultimate culprit is > somewhere in the Debian package management, however I am really puzzled > at figuring out where exactly things go wrong and since my current > configuration is "valid" according to the package manager, it might help > in other situations if I manage to get the problem located. > > The current symptom is that I cannot load some ACPI modules (compiled > via DKMS for x86_64 architecture) without io_force option, with the > kernel stating: > > [ 248.145348] thinkpad_ec: cannot claim IO ports 0x1600-0x161f... > [ 248.145350] consider using force_io=1. > > Now here is the really fishy thing: > > cat /proc/ioports > 0000-0000 : PCI Bus 0000:00 > 0000-0000 : dma1 > 0000-0000 : pic1 > 0000-0000 : timer0 > 0000-0000 : smapi > 0000-0000 : timer1 > 0000-0000 : keyboard > 0000-0000 : PNP0800:00 > 0000-0000 : PNP0C09:00 > 0000-0000 : EC data > 0000-0000 : keyboard > 0000-0000 : PNP0C09:00 > 0000-0000 : EC cmd > > [...] > > 0000-0000 : PCI Bus 0000:0d > 0000-0000 : PCI Bus 0000:15 > 0000-0000 : PCI CardBus 0000:16 > 0000-0000 : PCI CardBus 0000:16
Hi, Does /proc/iomem show the same thing (i.e., zeros)? How about if you do the test while logged in as root? -- ~Randy

