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Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

ok so ive been messing around with a few different flavors, anything past debian 9.8, including my current arch system has a strange error where during deboot/reboot my monitor resolution is taken out of range, no splash screen for bios or grub etc... i enable grub play sound i do post, and if left alone i do boot back into arch, i recently modified my grub to load windows 10 instead, its pulling me up in 640x480 BUT the whole screen is shifted so far to the left i still dont have graphical bios or grub until i complete login, i shut off my monitor and turn it back on, in windows at least it corrects... rebooting from windows does not cause this problem, neither did debian 9.8, but due to the restrictions of the amdgpu driver and the kernel provided with debian 9.8, im extremely confused, i cant even find this issue on google... anything you want as far as info/logs let me know, ive been scratching my head with this for about 3 weeks

thanks in advance

martin

Last edited by jasonwryan (2019-07-08 06:02:14)

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

this dosent affect cold boot, only a reboot after loading into linux

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

Please edit your thread title and change it to one that actually reflects your issue: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

Then, include details of your hardware, notably your graphics card. Also, it is not clear if you have installed Arch, or are booting from the ISO.

Finally, make some effort to use punctuation, capitalisation, and complete sentences. You are asking for people to help you, the least you can do is post legibly.

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

My apologies. My graphics hardware is Tonga Radeon 285. My current version of Arch Linux is 5.1.16-zen1-1-zen. I am currently running with a Ryzen 3 chipset for a CPU. I am totally sorry for not using correct pronunciation. I would really appreciate any help. I installed Arch Linux, as it is "bleeding edge" to try to resolve my problems with Debian. I have been a Debian user since 3.1 Potato. Again i cannot find any information on my issue on the internet, so i am unsure how to change my post name. I thought that my initial explanation was sufficient. Please do advise further. I am playing here in a version of Linux i do not totally understand. If you want a lspci | grep or anything else please let me know. You are aware though that i do not totally understand Arch Linux, as i am from Debian. I do believe this is something with kernel issues, but i could be totally wrong as AMD/ATI has dropped their support for "non-free" drivers. The Boolean search that is the current internet is throwing me nothing. Please let me know what i need to give you for you to help me.

Thanks again,

Martin

Last edited by push (2019-07-08 06:09:20)

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

Your last post is more readable then the first, but the occasional use of the enter-key would help .

post

$ lspci -k 
# journalctl -b

(the $ indicates lspci can be run as user, while the # indicates journalctl should be run as root)

What is brand & model of your motherboard / system ?

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2019-07-08 10:49:43)

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

I'm not sure what to make exactly out of the OP, but it sounds like a sync issue, eg. as if the clock rate is off or so.
What kind of connection is that (digital or analog)? And is there an adapter involved?

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

The quick answer first: connection type is HDMI to a 32" television, direct, no adapter or relay involved.

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

lspci -k results here:
https://pastebin.com/G2HcjJjS

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

journalctl -b results here:
https://pastebin.com/PS8uvCNL

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-AB350M-DS3H with the newest bios.

Thanks again for the help guys, any other information you need?

--Martin

Last edited by push (2019-07-08 23:08:25)

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

Please do not post several posts in a row if no one has responded (edit your post to add information instead).

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Re: Unusable TTY with Radeon Card

The journal is truncated and please try the main kernel.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pastebin

TVs usually come w/ a bunch of settings for overscanning or to scan the output for automatic stretching/zooming/whatnotshit - please ensure all of this to be disabled (or try a PC monitor to rule out the TV as cause)

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