this is the output after starting and before getting the error-message (I fear this isn't the complete output of dmseg, but my terminal doesn't want to give me more :( ): [ 0.363348] system 00:06: iomem range 0xfed20000-0xfed3ffff has been reserved [ 0.363350] system 00:06: iomem range 0xfed40000-0xfed8ffff has been reserved [ 0.363354] system 00:09: iomem range 0xffc00000-0xffefffff has been reserved [ 0.363358] system 00:0a: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff could not be reserved [ 0.363360] system 00:0a: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff has been reserved [ 0.363364] system 00:0c: ioport range 0xa00-0xadf has been reserved [ 0.363365] system 00:0c: ioport range 0xae0-0xaef has been reserved [ 0.363371] system 00:0d: iomem range 0xe0000000-0xefffffff has been reserved [ 0.363375] system 00:0e: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved [ 0.363376] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xc0000-0xcffff has been reserved [ 0.363378] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xe0000-0xfffff could not be reserved [ 0.363380] system 00:0e: iomem range 0x100000-0xbddfffff could not be reserved [ 0.363382] system 00:0e: iomem range 0xfed90000-0xffffffff could not be reserved [ 0.368054] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01 [ 0.368057] pci 0000:00:1c.0: IO window: 0xb000-0xbfff [ 0.368060] pci 0000:00:1c.0: MEM window: 0xc0000000-0xc01fffff [ 0.368064] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PREFETCH window: 0x000000c0200000-0x000000c03fffff [ 0.368068] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02 [ 0.368070] pci 0000:00:1c.1: IO window: 0x1000-0x1fff [ 0.368074] pci 0000:00:1c.1: MEM window: 0xfe900000-0xfe9fffff [ 0.368077] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PREFETCH window: 0x000000c0400000-0x000000c05fffff [ 0.368081] pci 0000:00:1c.3: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:03 [ 0.368083] pci 0000:00:1c.3: IO window: 0xc000-0xcfff [ 0.368087] pci 0000:00:1c.3: MEM window: 0xfea00000-0xfeafffff [ 0.368090] pci 0000:00:1c.3: PREFETCH window: 0x000000c0600000-0x000000c07fffff [ 0.368094] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:04 [ 0.368096] pci 0000:00:1c.5: IO window: 0xd000-0xdfff [ 0.368100] pci 0000:00:1c.5: MEM window: 0xfeb00000-0xfebfffff [ 0.368103] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PREFETCH window: 0x000000fdf00000-0x000000fdffffff [ 0.368107] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:05 [ 0.368109] pci 0000:00:1e.0: IO window: 0xe000-0xefff [ 0.368113] pci 0000:00:1e.0: MEM window: disabled [ 0.368115] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PREFETCH window: disabled [ 0.368124] pci 0000:00:1c.0: enabling device (0105 -> 0107) [ 0.368128] alloc irq_desc for 17 on node -1 [ 0.368130] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.368134] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 [ 0.368138] pci 0000:00:1c.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.368144] pci 0000:00:1c.1: enabling device (0106 -> 0107) [ 0.368146] alloc irq_desc for 16 on node -1 [ 0.368147] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.368149] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 0.368152] pci 0000:00:1c.1: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.368157] alloc irq_desc for 19 on node -1 [ 0.368158] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.368161] pci 0000:00:1c.3: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 [ 0.368163] pci 0000:00:1c.3: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.368169] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI INT B -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 0.368172] pci 0000:00:1c.5: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.368176] pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.368179] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 io: [0x00-0xffff] [ 0.368181] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 mem: [0x000000-0xffffffffffffffff] [ 0.368183] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 io: [0xb000-0xbfff] [ 0.368185] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 mem: [0xc0000000-0xc01fffff] [ 0.368186] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 pref mem [0xc0200000-0xc03fffff] [ 0.368188] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 io: [0x1000-0x1fff] [ 0.368189] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 mem: [0xfe900000-0xfe9fffff] [ 0.368191] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 pref mem [0xc0400000-0xc05fffff] [ 0.368193] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 0 io: [0xc000-0xcfff] [ 0.368194] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 1 mem: [0xfea00000-0xfeafffff] [ 0.368196] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 2 pref mem [0xc0600000-0xc07fffff] [ 0.368198] pci_bus 0000:04: resource 0 io: [0xd000-0xdfff] [ 0.368199] pci_bus 0000:04: resource 1 mem: [0xfeb00000-0xfebfffff] [ 0.368201] pci_bus 0000:04: resource 2 pref mem [0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff] [ 0.368202] pci_bus 0000:05: resource 0 io: [0xe000-0xefff] [ 0.368204] pci_bus 0000:05: resource 3 io: [0x00-0xffff] [ 0.368206] pci_bus 0000:05: resource 4 mem: [0x000000-0xffffffffffffffff] [ 0.368229] NET: Registered protocol family 2 [ 0.368353] IP route cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes) [ 0.369224] TCP established hash table entries: 524288 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes) [ 0.372495] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes) [ 0.372924] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 524288 bind 65536) [ 0.372926] TCP reno registered [ 0.373027] NET: Registered protocol family 1 [ 0.373044] pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device [ 0.373363] Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds [ 0.373462] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) [ 0.373470] type=2000 audit(1279875162.369:1): initialized [ 0.380151] HugeTLB registered 2 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages [ 0.381103] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2 [ 0.381140] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.381534] fuse init (API version 7.13) [ 0.381591] msgmni has been set to 7841 [ 0.381731] alg: No test for stdrng (krng) [ 0.381771] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253) [ 0.381774] io scheduler noop registered [ 0.381775] io scheduler anticipatory registered [ 0.381776] io scheduler deadline registered (default) [ 0.381799] io scheduler cfq registered [ 0.381912] alloc irq_desc for 24 on node -1 [ 0.381913] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.381921] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: irq 24 for MSI/MSI-X [ 0.381927] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.382011] alloc irq_desc for 25 on node -1 [ 0.382012] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.382017] pcieport 0000:00:1c.1: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X [ 0.382023] pcieport 0000:00:1c.1: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.382106] alloc irq_desc for 26 on node -1 [ 0.382107] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.382112] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: irq 26 for MSI/MSI-X [ 0.382117] pcieport 0000:00:1c.3: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.382200] alloc irq_desc for 27 on node -1 [ 0.382203] alloc kstat_irqs on node -1 [ 0.382208] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: irq 27 for MSI/MSI-X [ 0.382213] pcieport 0000:00:1c.5: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.382271] pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5 [ 0.382359] pciehp: PCI Express Hot Plug Controller Driver version: 0.4 [ 0.382453] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0 [ 0.382457] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB] [ 0.382489] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1 [ 0.382490] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF] [ 0.383034] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bdda00f0 00277 (v01 DpgPmm P001Ist 00000011 INTL 20051117) [ 0.383259] processor LNXCPU:00: registered as cooling_device0 [ 0.383562] ACPI: SSDT 00000000bdda0370 00277 (v01 DpgPmm P002Ist 00000012 INTL 20051117) [ 0.383780] processor LNXCPU:01: registered as cooling_device1 [ 0.386017] Linux agpgart interface v0.103 [ 0.386038] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [ 0.386912] brd: module loaded [ 0.387221] loop: module loaded [ 0.387277] input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input2 [ 0.387348] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: version 2.13 [ 0.387360] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 [ 0.387364] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ] [ 0.387394] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.387440] scsi0 : ata_piix [ 0.387489] scsi1 : ata_piix [ 0.388568] ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9c00 ctl 0x9880 bmdma 0x9400 irq 19 [ 0.388572] ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x9800 ctl 0x9480 bmdma 0x9408 irq 19 [ 0.388587] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: PCI INT B -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 [ 0.388590] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: MAP [ P0 -- P1 -- ] [ 0.388616] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.5: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.388644] scsi2 : ata_piix [ 0.388676] scsi3 : ata_piix [ 0.389500] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x8c00 ctl 0x8880 bmdma 0x8400 irq 19 [ 0.389503] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x8800 ctl 0x8480 bmdma 0x8408 irq 19 [ 0.389543] pata_acpi 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 0.389563] pata_acpi 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.389574] pata_acpi 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A disabled [ 0.389588] pata_acpi 0000:03:00.1: enabling device (0000 -> 0001) [ 0.389592] pata_acpi 0000:03:00.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16 [ 0.389608] pata_acpi 0000:03:00.1: setting latency timer to 64 [ 0.389616] pata_acpi 0000:03:00.1: PCI INT B disabled [ 0.389826] Fixed MDIO Bus: probed [ 0.389851] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 [ 0.389872] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6 [ 0.389873] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky