[SOLVED] Unable to boot 5.11 kernel

Arctus · 2021-03-13 10:47:55

Since the update to kernel 5.11, my laptop has been unable to boot. Booting the LTS kernel still works.
This has been a problem for a while, but I figured it would be fixed eventually. This has not happened yet so now I would like to know what is going on.

I am using systemd-boot, and once I select the entry, the screen simply goes black and nothing happens. I have tried waiting for several minutes, no change. Nothing gets written to journalctl or anywhere else as far as I can see.

My system is fully updated and the systemd-boot entry is this:

title Arch Linux
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /amd-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=PARTUUID=d3126bc9-51a7-430f-98ca-c4e948f66be2 vga=current rw

The LTS entry is identical, except for the the chosen kernel of course.

Any idea what is happening or ideas on how to troubleshoot further?

Last edited by Arctus (2021-03-14 14:06:27)

seth · 2021-03-13 13:32:19

Can you boot "nomodeset"?
Otherwise try https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ge … bug_output

loqs · 2021-03-13 13:39:36

Have you looked at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69757 or https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69810 ?

Arctus · 2021-03-13 14:01:15

seth wrote:

Can you boot "nomodeset"?
Otherwise try https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ge … bug_output

nomodeset had no effect. However adding acpi=off did. When setting this, I get:

ehci-pci 0000:00:12.0: Found HC with no IRQ. Check BIOS-PCI 0000:
00:12.0 setup!
ehci-pci: 0000:00:12.0: init 0000:00:12.0 fail, -19

After some time it then starts in the rescue shell. Adding debug and loglevel commands gives a lot more information that I will see if I can get out somehow.

loqs wrote:

Have you looked at https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69757 or https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69810 ?

No I had not. I am not sure if they are related, since it's an Asus laptop I'm experiencing the issue on.

Last edited by Arctus (2021-03-13 14:01:29)

seth · 2021-03-13 14:25:08

The connection would be AMD, kernel version and coincidence.
Does "pci=noacpi" work as well?

And also "lspci", in particular what device is on 0000:00:12.0

As for the output, in doubt record it with a phone and upload the video somewhere.

Arctus · 2021-03-13 15:04:02

seth wrote:

The connection would be AMD, kernel version and coincidence.
Does "pci=noacpi" work as well?
And also "lspci", in particular what device is on 0000:00:12.0
As for the output, in doubt record it with a phone and upload the video somewhere.

Seems to be a USB host:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Complex
00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) I/O Memory Management Unit
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Stoney [Radeon R2/R3/R4/R5 Graphics] (rev c6)
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Device 15b3
00:02.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge
00:02.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
00:02.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
00:02.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Processor Root Port
00:03.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Host Bridge
00:08.0 Encryption controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Carrizo Platform Security Processor
00:09.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Carrizo Audio Dummy Host Bridge
00:09.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 60h-6fh) Audio Controller
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 20)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 4b)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 49)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 4b)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.7 SD Host controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SD Flash Controller (rev 01)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney HT Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney Address Maps
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney DRAM Configuration
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney Miscellaneous Configuration
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney PM Configuration
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Stoney NB Performance Monitor
01:00.0 Display controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Sun LE [Radeon HD 8550M / R5 M230]
02:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter (rev 31)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)

pci=noacpi seems to have no effect.

Last edited by Arctus (2021-03-13 15:07:39)

seth · 2021-03-13 15:09:22

The only USB2 hub, "lsusb -tv"?

Arctus · 2021-03-13 15:36:54

seth wrote:

The only USB2 hub, "lsusb -tv"?

lsusb -tv
/:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 5000M
    ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/4p, 480M
    ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci-pci/2p, 480M
    ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/4p, 480M
        ID 0438:7900 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Root Hub
        |__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
            ID 13d3:3496 IMC Networks 
        |__ Port 2: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M
            ID 13d3:3496 IMC Networks 
        |__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
            ID 13d3:5a01 IMC Networks 
        |__ Port 3: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
            ID 13d3:5a01 IMC Networks

seth · 2021-03-13 22:33:56

Bluetooth & Webcam, nothing unpluggable.
Before we chase wild gooses wildly, do you get the same pci error w/ acpi=off and the lts kernel?

Do you have a USB hand-off related BIOS option?

Arctus · 2021-03-14 12:09:44

seth wrote:

Bluetooth & Webcam, nothing unpluggable.
Before we chase wild gooses wildly, do you get the same pci error w/ acpi=off and the lts kernel?
Do you have a USB hand-off related BIOS option?

Yeah should have tried acpi=off for LTS as the first thing.
Adding this command to LTS entry makes it behave the exact same way as the non-LTS with the command.

There's not many USB related options in BIOS/UEFI. There was an USB legacy option which I tried to disable, but no effect.

seth · 2021-03-14 13:21:47

So let's see whether we can narrow the acpi problem.

Does either of those do anything?

acpi=noirq

acpi=rdst

noapic

(sic!)

iommu=soft

Arctus · 2021-03-14 13:47:48

Commands to non-LTS kernel.

acpi=noirq

Same behaviour as acpi=off, except for two additional errors from AMD-Vi:
No southbridge IOPIC found
Disabling interrupt remapping

acpi=rdst

Same result as not setting any acpi command, i.e. just a black screen and no rescue shell.

noapic

System boots and everything seems to work as normal. Wifi, bluetooth, webcam, USB devices all work.

iommu=soft

System boots and everything seems to work as normal. Wifi, bluetooth, webcam, USB devices all work.

seth · 2021-03-14 13:50:11

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69810 links https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212017
It's where I got the idea :-P

Arctus · 2021-03-14 14:06:04

seth wrote:

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69810 links https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212017
It's where I got the idea :-P

I did try a few of the things mentioned in the Arch bug report, but to no effect. My previous experience with kernel parameters is limited to using nomodeset to getting nVidia cards to work
Kernel.org seems to be down right now, but I will try and keep and eye on it and see if it fixes my issue as well.
If nothing else, I now have a workaround in case the next LTS kernel version fails to boot, so I will mark it as solved. Thanks for the help

Last edited by Arctus (2021-03-14 14:07:04)

LaLampada · 2021-03-21 21:14:15

solved with nvidia (not lts) drivers?

Last edited by LaLampada (2021-03-21 21:14:29)

Arctus · 2021-03-23 19:29:28

LaLampada wrote:

solved with nvidia (not lts) drivers?

No my laptop is using AMD graphics.

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