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samtai

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From: Hong Kong

Registered: 2012-08-09

Posts: 7

Re: Boot hangs after decompressing kernel

The xsdt patch is incorporated in 3.14.2 so it should not exhibit this issue (it fixes the problem on my affected computers) so I am not entirely sure this is the same issue. You can try adding earlyprintk=vga,keep on your linux boot entry in your bootloader to see if it prints any messages related to acpi and/or xsdt. Also try to see if you can boot the kernel with acpi=off or acpi=rsdt.

Also the affected BIOSes (sic!) are american megatrends version F2, F3 and F4. You can try updating your BIOS if the problem persists.

On a semi-related note, you can also have linux-lts installed as a fallback kernel so you do not have to chroot from the live usb every time something nukes the mainline kernel.

Thanks for your advise.
I will follow your suggestion when I perform upgrade next time if this problem appear again.

But this is weird because my PC cannot boot into live environment with the latest ISO image (arch_201405).

Today, I have tried to update the kernel again from 3.13 to 3.14 again, but no luck.
My arch system still boot failure with black screen, tried [ctrl]+[alt]+[F1-6] and nothing happen, no any recure shell prompt out.

Then I boot with kernel debug parameters

systemd.log_level=debug systemd.log_target=kmsg log_buf_len=1M

althrough the screen was black, when I reboot and chroot into my system,
I entered the following to find any eror messages

journalctl -b -0 >> ~/3.13_no_problem.log
journalctl -b -1 >> ~/3.14-6_nodebug.log
journalctl -b -2 >> ~/3.14-6_debug.log

3.13_no_problem.log: http://pastebin.com/EQ2Mucq8
3.14-6_nodebug.log: http://pastebin.com/18TRZVRp
3.14-6_debug.log: http://pastebin.com/0QZJBPnf

In both 3.14 journal messages, I found some similar error message:

Jun 15 14:37:47 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting
Jun 15 14:37:47 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing D218 (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xD234
Jun 15 14:37:55 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting
Jun 15 14:37:55 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing D218 (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xD234
Jun 15 14:38:00 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:cypress_dpm_set_power_state] *ERROR* rv770_restrict_performance_levels_before_switch failed
Jun 15 14:38:01 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting
Jun 15 14:38:01 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing D218 (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xD234
Jun 15 14:38:07 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting
Jun 15 14:38:07 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing D218 (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xD234
Jun 15 14:38:13 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting
Jun 15 14:38:13 arch-desktop kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing D218 (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xD234

I searched on internet, I think this is caused by my graphic card(ATI 5750), but I have no idea to solve it
I don't know my system boot failure due to these error or another things.

Currently, I have downgraded back to 3.13 again.

Perhaps my issue is not related to this post anymore,
I may open a new post instead.
Anyway, I hope someone can give me some idea,
Thanks

Last edited by samtai (2014-06-16 16:09:19)