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MiscDev

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Registered: 2014-10-25

Posts: 7

[Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Posting this in case anyone runs into the same issue...

When I updated to 4.5.0-1 from 4.4.1 my Thinkpad Edge E525 with an AMD A8-3500M failed to boot.  It stopped before I could log in and ejected the CD drive. I had to manually power the laptop off.
I booted from a CD and reverted to an older kernel. I saw the following in my journald log:

ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 0B, disabling event (20160108/evgpe-790)
ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 0C, disabling event (20160108/evgpe-790)
ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE 0D, disabling event (20160108/evgpe-790)
...
systemd-journald[211]: Missed 21 kernel messages

.. and this repeated over and over.

I found this bug report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114201

I blacklisted sp5100_tco in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf.

blacklist sp5100_tco

This allowed me to boot 4.5.

Edit: See senden9's comment on an easy to to boot a 4.5 kernel by blacklisting the module at boot time.

Last edited by MiscDev (2016-04-19 22:52:18)

knight42

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Registered: 2016-04-15

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Thanks for your workaround! It really helps :-D

senden9

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Registered: 2014-07-29

Posts: 8

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Also a big thanks from me.

For the other people there come here and read this solution: You can append this line in your kernel command line at your boot loader to get into your system and make the blacklisting permanent

modprobe.blacklist=sp5100_tco

innominatus

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Registered: 2016-04-17

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Thanks! This helped me too!

fionn

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From: Campbell, CA

Registered: 2013-06-03

Posts: 47

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Holy cow; this solved my problem as well.  It was a real bear tracking this down, and I only discovered it by searching on similar error messages.

Thank you SO VERY MUCH for this!

mstones

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Registered: 2016-04-29

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

来自大洋彼岸感谢!

tobi.TvC

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Registered: 2016-02-13

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Had this issue on E535. CPU temperature was at 74°C.

Now everythings back to normal.

Thanks alot!

HiImTye

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From: Halifax, NS, Canada

Registered: 2012-05-09

Posts: 1,072

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

a couple days ago I made a bootable USB (the last one I had was from 01/2014) so that I could get in and journalctl the laptop, because even in single user mode I couldn't type anything. finally got around to it today, and found these error messages flooding the log (pages and pages and pages). quick google search and bam, problem solved by blacklisting this.

Fenwar

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Registered: 2016-05-06

Posts: 1

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Thank you very much for posting this!

It looked like I'd chosen the wrong night to update my kernel.

Bacon: saved!

shaker

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Registered: 2015-12-25

Posts: 2

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Thank you MiscDev,
this really helped me out!!!

chipmunkboogie

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Registered: 2015-11-28

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

I'm running AMD Kabini [Radeon HD 8210] and I am experiencing the same issue during install. Currently I'm attempting to dual boot with Windows 10. Should I blacklist monoprobe with the install media prior to install? It's seems everyone who posted already had Arch installed.

Thanks for posting this.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 13,477

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

yes, if the installation iso has the same problem blacklisting that module should work.

(the live environment is also running archlinux, it's just customized for installation).

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Try clean chroot manager by graysky

Janusz11

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Registered: 2007-05-16

Posts: 87

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

For the other people there come here and read this solution: You can append this line in your kernel command line at your boot loader to get into your system and make the blacklisting permanent

modprobe.blacklist=sp5100_tco

Thanks a bunch MiscDev & senden9. Updated Arch on my E145 Lenovo laptop today and thanks to your help everything is working again now.

chipmunkboogie

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Registered: 2015-11-28

Posts: 11

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

Never mind...forgot to remove the previous kernel

Last edited by chipmunkboogie (2016-05-14 20:51:06)

ngili

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From: Germany BW RNK

Registered: 2013-02-02

Posts: 10

Re: [Solved] AMD APU fails to boot with kernel 4.5

MiscDev & senden9,

First: Excuse me, for my bad English

A very big Thank you to you.

This Workaround solved my Problems with my Toshiba Satellite C870D-119:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Wrestler [Radeon HD 7310]
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:15.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6
00:18.6 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5
00:18.7 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7
06:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101/2/6E PCI Express Fast/Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 05)

Since kernel 4.5, i could boot and work with my Box until:
- I wanted to load the Battery and inserted the AC-Loading-Cable, while i was working with my Box
- I wanted to brighten, or darken the Backlight of my Display/Screen with Hotkeys (Fn-x)
- I wanted to raise or lower the Speakers Volume with Hotkeys
- When i booted with Battery present and AC-Loading-Cable inserted and the Battery reached the "full" State
- Or i wanted to shut down my Box by pressing the Powerbutton

After the Freezing arised, i could only shut down my Box by holding the Powerbutton pressed

Could not find anything interesting for me in the Logs (surely because i simply don't know where to look :-)). Then i worked with my Box in Console Mode (didn't start my Graphical Environment with

xinit

) and tried to track the Cause of my Problems. When i tried to brighten the backlight with Hotkeys, then i noticed a Flooding with Messages like MiscDev described in his first Post. I hope that Users experiencing the same Problems would find this Place, like i (Anti-Geek) did.

Again, thank you

Ngili

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Arch Linux x86_64 | AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics | Realtek RTL8723AE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter |
Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 05) | Toshiba Satellite C870D-119

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