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#1 2019-02-03 09:32:24

Werzi2001
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Registered: 2012-07-07
Posts: 41

[Solved] 4.20.6: Freeze during boot (before graphical interface)

Hello everybody,

I got a new notebook and am using the same ssd that I was already using for my old notebook. At first I was not able to boot as the boot process froze before the graphical interface was reached (even switching to a console was not possible). During testing I noticed that it seems to be related to the kernel version. On the ssd the current kernel 4.20.6 is used but the Arch Linux install image that uses 4.20.0 boots just fine (without graphical interface at first). So I copied the kernel from the install image onto my SSD, also copied the modules and regenerated the initcpio image (from within an arch-chroot). Using this setup I'm able to boot but as soon as I reinstall the kernel (therefore updating to 4.20.6) it freezes again.

Here some more information:
Failed boot log: https://pastebin.com/gYfr6UsC
I can't see the issue in there. The only thing I noticed is EXT4-fs (dm-3): re-mounted. Opts: discard,errors=remount-ro.

Enabled services:

$ systemctl list-unit-files | grep enabled
autovt@.service                             enabled        
bumblebeed.service                          enabled        
dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service enabled        
display-manager.service                     enabled        
getty@.service                              enabled        
httpd.service                               enabled        
NetworkManager-wait-online.service          enabled        
NetworkManager.service                      enabled        
sddm.service                                enabled        
systemd-fsck-root.service                   enabled-runtime
remote-fs.target                            enabled

Hardware:

$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 8th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 630 (Mobile)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/v6 / E3-1500 v5 / 6th/7th Gen Core Processor Gaussian Mixture Model
00:12.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Thermal Controller (rev 10)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller (rev 10)
00:14.2 RAM memory: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH Shared SRAM (rev 10)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH HECI Controller (rev 10)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device a353 (rev 10)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f0)
00:1d.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #14 (rev f0)
00:1d.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH PCI Express Root Port #15 (rev f0)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device a30d (rev 10)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH cAVS (rev 10)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SMBus Controller (rev 10)
00:1f.5 Serial bus controller [0c80]: Intel Corporation Cannon Lake PCH SPI Controller (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8265 / 8275 (rev 78)
04:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8411B PCI Express Card Reader (rev 01)
04:00.1 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 12)

If you need more, just ask :-)

Thanks a lot.

Best Regards
Werzi2001

Last edited by Werzi2001 (2019-02-10 17:17:22)

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#2 2019-02-09 13:03:49

ua4000
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Registered: 2015-10-14
Posts: 420

Re: [Solved] 4.20.6: Freeze during boot (before graphical interface)

I saw no freeze in the log.
Are your sure it freezes ? How long did you wait ?  ssh login possible ?

A wild guess since you are using sddm: you are maybe running out of entropy ?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SD … he_greeter

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#3 2019-02-10 17:16:37

Werzi2001
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Registered: 2012-07-07
Posts: 41

Re: [Solved] 4.20.6: Freeze during boot (before graphical interface)

At least it seems as it freezes. I can't switch to any other terminal and I can only turn the laptop off by holding the power button for 8s. I can't try SSH at the moment as I don't have another computer on the same network.

In the meantime I noticed that it seems to be caused by bumblebeed. If I disable the service I can boot just fine. Starting bumblebeed after the boot is done works fine. That's fine for me for the moment.

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