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tianjiao

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Registered: 2023-10-22

Posts: 3

Live CD hangs

Hi,

I'm trying to install arch linux on my laptop with the latest October's live cd. But it hangs during the boot process,
and I can see a list of modules near the top of the screen. The last few lines printed on the screen is about
setting up bluetooth and ethernet is up.

Early this year I've done the installation on the same device without any issues. So is this a bug of the latest
6.5 kernel? And how to proceed with the installation process?

Thanks!

CPU: i7-12700H

tianjiao

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Registered: 2023-10-22

Posts: 3

Re: Live CD hangs

OK, now I have successfully booted Sepetember's live cd, which has kernel 6.4, and installed both the latest kernel (6.5) and the lts one (6.1).
The lts kernel is mostly usable, with issues waking up from suspend, just as earlier this year. But the latest kernel failed to boot, printing a stacktrace
and freezed, with the fans running crazily.

I've found https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comment … wifi_card/,
which says it might be related to the wifi firmware, but this seems weird to me, since currently a much older (? I guess)
firmware is loaded.

Output of dmesg | grep iwlwifi:

[    4.843988] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: api flags index 2 larger than supported by driver
[    4.844003] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: TLV_FW_FSEQ_VERSION: FSEQ Version: 0.0.2.36
[    4.844237] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded firmware version 72.a764baac.0 so-a0-gf-a0-72.ucode op_mode iwlmvm
[    5.145665] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6E AX211 160MHz, REV=0x370
[    5.319163] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: loaded PNVM version 181407b3
[    5.335430] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000
[    5.405255] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3: base HW address: ac:5a:fc:c1:2c:cb
[    5.425136] iwlwifi 0000:00:14.3 wlp0s20f3: renamed from wlan0

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,234

Re: Live CD hangs

grepping for iwlwifi on the currently working and non-broken kernel doesn't really help.

If the stack trace doesn't land in the journal ( sudo journalctl -b-1 , for the boot previous to your current one, assuming you tried booting the broken kernel ) maybe make a picture of the trace with your camera. Note the text and picture posting guidelines mentioned here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … s_and_code

tianjiao

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Registered: 2023-10-22

Posts: 3

Re: Live CD hangs

I rebooted into the latest kernel and it works!