I have been running Xubuntu 12.04 on Asus Eee PC 701sd with no probems. Two days ago I installed the new long term support version 14.04. Everything seems fine, except, during boot up I get the follwing error message:

[ 11.215838] [drm:i915_stolen_to_physical] *ERROR* conflict detected with stolen region: [0x7f800000 - 0x80000000]

Which doesn't sound good! And I want it to go away! Have been searching the internet for a fix but there doesn't seem to be much info, and what there is is gobbledegook to me! If anyone knows how to sort this, I'd be very gratful. It seems to be a problem with Intel i915 hardware.

Hello. Anyone out there?! After a bit of looking I came across a fix that said you need to change gen 3 to gen 6. Can anyone explain to me how to do this please? Thanks.

Ok. I just found the following fix - which doesn't work! And I now have 3 error messages on boot up:

http://www.geekssharingspace.org/201...elease-of.html

This post shows you how to upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.14 RC6 and says "This release resolves the memory region conflict for Stolen area in drm/i915"

The error messages I now get are:

[ 0.209939] pnp 00:07: can't evaluate _CRS :1
[ 0.211382] pnp 00:0b: can't evaluate _CRS :1

(the initial numbers vary each time on boot up)

followed by the original error of

[ 11.215838] [drm:i915_stolen_to_physical] *ERROR* conflict detected with stolen region: [0x7f800000 - 0x80000000]

except it now starts [ 13.322629]

Anyone got any further info please - it would be gratefully received. But for now I am going to reinstall.

Hi, have you had any luck with the reinstall? I have this same issue. Just upgraded to lubuntu 14.04 the other day. Interestingly, I'm running on an ASUS eee PC also, although it's the old 4G model. I've found some stuff online, probably stuff you've already come across. However most people seem to be having this issue on netbooks as well. Some of the old debugging banter from late 2013 mentions this error and the comments state that it was solved, which for us is clearly not the case. From what I can tell though, this is something that will have to be fixed in an update and probably has no easy solution. I could be wrong, as I'm new to linux but from the complete lack of solutions out there, this is what I'm beginning to assume. Either that or not enough people have this issue. Sorry that I didn't post with any answers but I figured by posting I could at least give this issue more coverage. I had to type this on my phone also, which was quite slow, so I did my best to explain what I've found. Took a snapshot of the error code, kind of blurry but it looks the same, with the exception of the first # in brackets, which is [ 24.608180] [drm: error i915...]

Here are a couple of links I found, not very useful, but it's something:

(First post, can't add urls apparently, I'll try making another post and putting them in there. And introduce myself in the new member forum as they so requested when I get a chance.)

If I find anything else, I'll let you know. Again, sorry for the poor detail, kind of in a hurry so I didn't have time to wait for a computer to boot up. Although in hindsight, it would have been faster.

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Here's the urls, hope they lead to some sort of answer, if not a solution.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71031
http://askubuntu.com/questions/45838...-xubuntu-14-04
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2218287

Hi. Thanks for replying. I burned a new disc hoping things had been updated and it might be resolved, then reinstalled but the error was just the same. It is the Intel i915 chip that is affected apparently, so it is any netbook or laptop that has this chip. I've gone back to Xubuntu 12.04 for now. Shame as I liked the new 14.04. It didn't seem to have any negative effects that I could see, but I wasn't keen on running it with an error. If you have a 4gb eee I have found the best distro to use on that is Bodhi Linux - it is really light and very nice and fast! The install is very basic with virtually no software. Then you can just add what you need. I have a 4gb one with Bodhi on it and just added Firefox, Libre Office Writer (just the word processor, not the whole Libre Office suite), Firefox and Adobe Flash - and I still have over 1gb free. Try it! It runs really well and is also based on Ubuntu long term support. The only issues I had were installing it, which was a bit of a pig until you know how! You can download the iso onto your lubuntu, then install 'Start up disk creator' (if you haven't got it already), put a formatted usb drive in and select Start up disk - it'll select the Bodhi download and make a bootable usb for you. Or if you have a usb plug in disc drive, burn a disc and install that way. The trick when installing is - select 'Load into ram' on the first options page. It will then boot into live. Then click on install from the live desktop. Select 'something else' at partitioning, and install without swap (if you aren't up on partitioning, just select the standard install option). Then when you get to a choice of different desktops - select the 'desktop' option (none of the others seem to install on the eee) then at the next selection, select the 'moonlight' theme, with the black tree. Then it all installs nicely - I've found those selections to be failsafe, but with any of the other selections it tends to not install and give warnings. When installing, the pages don't fit the 7" screen so either hit return instead of 'next' and/or press fn and alt keys at the same time as left mouse button and use the mousepad to move the whole page up so you can see the selection buttons at the bottom. It has some lovely themes and is really fast on the 4gb eee!

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When you've installed it, get rid of the 3 desktop windows on the bar by right clicking and keeping only one, then install Thunar file manager which is much more user friendly for your folders and right click options. Then load a couple of modules so you can have an excellent gadget on the desktop that shows how much disc space you have at any time (and looks good too). To do this go to menu - settings - modules - files. Select 'places' click 'Load'. Then left click on the desktop and next to 'desktop' arrow select 'change gadgets'. Choose 'places' from the list, 'add gadget'. The places gadget appears on the desktop. Right clicking on it allows you to go into settings to get rid of the header, change the appearance or move or resize it to where you want. You can also load other modules as before and then add the gadgets to either the desktop or the bottom bar, or both. So you can add the battery monitor to the bottom bar and also add a giant battery monitor and analogue clock to the desktop. Great fun. Just checked my current set up. I have Mirage photo viewer, Firefox and Adobe Flash, Cheese webcam (which comes with Brasero disc burner), and Skype and I have 1gb free space (this will be less if you have a swap file) plus I have 1gb ram so no need for swap. I also uninstslled some themes and just kept 3. The Bodhi Software/app centre is for installing, and the synaptic package manager is for uninstalling.

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Don't forget to change your password after doing all the updates as the updates include the heartbleed fix/patch as for all Linux distros. You need the terminal to change password. Open terminal and type passwd followed by your username,then hit return. Follow the prompts to enter existing password, then new password, then repeat new password. All done.

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Adding Adobe reader takes it down to 853mb free space, but if you want a pdf reader there are lighter ones. I hardly ever need it for a netbook. To add apps to the bottom bar, you right click on the 'Midori' leaf/browser launcher, which is on an 'ibar'. Select ibar - contents. Then add and remove apps and programs from the list. I removed Midori, added Firefox, Writer, the Terminal, Thunar file manager, Cheese and Skype. You need to leave Midori as the default browser to be able to install from the app centre, but can use Firefox as the main browser. End of Bodhi tutorial!

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Hi, sorry for the late response!
But I installed Bodhi per your instructions and it works amazingly well! Far more responsive, awesome customizations; I am really excited to mess around with it more and see what it's capable of. I wish I knew about it before, it is exactly what I was looking for in an OS for the eee. Before I was running lubuntu off an SD which of course had some latency issues and I would imagine it to become fairly iffy after a while given SDs aren't exactly designed for operating systems, though many people seem to use them for the 4G eee as a work around. Now I can use it as storage space! Hopefully anyone searching for a good OS to revive their old netbook will come across your tutorial. I will certainly point anyone I happen to talk to in this direction. Definitely the most valuable information I have ever received in regards to the eee. Thank you very much!

*Other eee 4G users looking for an OS for your netbook, or a way to escape from the slow boot time and other issues caused by the annoying i915 bug, follow the tutorial by Serendipity above and be very satisfied.

Thanks! I'm really glad you like it. Kind words. I think the only way to do updates is via the terminal, but it's not difficult even if someone hasn't used the terminal before, so here's how for anyone who hasn't used the terminal before (there are also instructions on the Bodhi quick start guide under 'Installing software'.

Open terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update

hit return, then type your password when asked

let it do the updates.

Then type

sudo apt-get upgrade

hit return (you only need to enter your password the first time so it will just do any upgrades necessary)

Then type

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and after that you are fully updated. Updates don't seem to take up much space at all.

To clean up, type

sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove

then any defunct files will be cleaned up and things will run smoothly and you gain a bit of space.

To turn on the firewall, which is installed by default, type

sudo ufw enable

the firewall will then run every time the laptop is switched on.

Well it's almost a year later, but I have just burned a new disk of Xubuntu 14.04.2 and installed and it has been fixed! Great! I can now use Xubuntu again and install it on all our Eee PC's. I still think it's the best distro for older laptops and it just works and is simple. On the other hand I also tried the updated Bodhi and not so keen - prefer the older Bodhi 2 - the new one is even more minimalist and has lost all it's beautiful themes and now just has one or two quite plain ones.