I have the exact same error in my dmesg: ... [ 17.069168] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. [ 17.069173] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [ 17.102603] ACPI: I/O resource nForce2_smbus [0x4c00-0x4c3f] conflicts with ACPI region SM00 [0x4c00-0x4c05] [ 17.102653] ACPI: If an ACPI driver is available for this device, you should use it instead of the native driver [ 17.102657] nForce2_smbus 0000:00:0a.1: Error probing SMB1. [ 17.102737] i2c-adapter i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x4c40 [ 17.106484] k8temp 0000:00:18.3: Temperature readouts might be wrong - check erratum #141 ...
My system is an Asus M2NPV-VM with a dual core AMD Athlon X2 and I'm running the 64 bit OS: $ sudo uname -a Linux Study 2.6.31-17-generic #54-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 10 17:01:44 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux Attached is my dmidecode output in the hope it is helpful to those debugging. ** Attachment added: "dmidecode.output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38728888/dmidecode.output -- [ubuntu-boot-experience] nForce2_smbus conflicts with ACPI region SM00 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/440470 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs