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averageFOSSenjoyer

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Registered: 2023-01-30

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Kernel hangs on boot

The system always hangs right after loading from GRUB. The entire system freezes and the only way to break out of it so the shut it down.
Also I had to set nomodeset to boot into the live usb.

Logs:
journal - https://pastebin.com/uPE5G8n0
dmesg - https://pastebin.com/GUiDgp1p

I have also set (nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm) to load early in mkinitcpio and (nvidia_modeset=1) in grub.

Specs: 7900x, 4090

Any help is appreciated!

Edit: boots fine if i add nomodeset in kernel parameter
The message shown right after the last message on screen is "Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25", I feel like this is useful?

Edit2: I decided to fill in my username and password blindly even when the console hanged (running out of things to try) and surprise surprise it logged me in and everything is fine, but how do I fix the issue of the console not displaying anything?

Last edited by averageFOSSenjoyer (2023-03-25 14:48:21)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 24,094

Re: [SOLVED] Kernel hangs on boot

Disable the integrated GPU in your UEFI or blacklist amdgpu if you do not actively use it. There have been changes in the 6.0 kernels where a present integrated GPU will grab the console framebuffer and not release it to the nvidia GPU that's actually attached to the screen.

averageFOSSenjoyer

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Registered: 2023-01-30

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Kernel hangs on boot

The fact that never crossed my mind is beyond me. I appreciate the help.
(For some reason disabling the integrated GPU in my BIOS prevents my motherboard from even starting but blacklisting amdgpu worked!)