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vedantganesh

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Registered: 2020-08-13

Posts: 3

X server not working or starting

My X server installation does not seem to be working. It says "Xauth: no .Xauthority file" and then says " waiting for X server to begin accepting connections..
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(dots continue)
There is no response from the system after that unless i switch to a different tty. I run an AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Vega 11 graphics and a Radeon RX5500 XT that has been there for a few months. Recently while updating GRUB settings on Debian (I was switching) I noticed that an Intel microcode image was also being detected. I removed it and installed the AMD image and rebooted, after which I switched to Arch and the problem happened. I cannot start X or access my files. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
PS absolute Arch noob, don't hate if i said something wrong
PPS Also learning English so don't hate on my grammar either
Thanks again!

vedantganesh

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Registered: 2020-08-13

Posts: 3

Re: X server not working or starting

I keep getting the same error messages upon startup of my Arch machine. First i get these messages about my GPU:

Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: [drm:amdgpu_get_bios [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Unable to locate a BIOS ROM
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: Fatal error during GPU init
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: [drm] amdgpu: finishing device.
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000b0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page

And then an oops:

Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: CPU: 6 PID: 291 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.7.12-arch1-1 #1
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B450M S2H/B450M S2H, BIOS F40 05/16/2019
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RIP: 0010:drm_plane_register_all+0x2d/0x60 [drm]
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: Code: 00 00 55 48 8d af d0 02 00 00 53 48 8b 87 d0 02 00 00 48 39 c5 74 32 48 8d 58 f8 eb 0d 48 8b 43 08 48 8d 58 f8 48 39 c5 74 1f <48> 8b 83 b8 00 00 00 48 8b 40 48 48 85 c0 74 e3 48 89 df e8 5b 7b
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffb7b640707a60 EFLAGS: 00010282
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: fffffffffffffff8 RCX: 00000000000fca06
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RDX: ffffffffc15e1120 RSI: 88568506241e3726 RDI: ffff9d836e68d000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RBP: ffff9d836e68d2d0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff9d836ec67cd0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: R10: ffff9d83637b71f0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: R13: 0000000000020016 R14: ffff9d83637b71f0 R15: 0000000000000000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: FS:  00007f6df9b14a80(0000) GS:ffff9d8370980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: CR2: 00000000000000b0 CR3: 000000042c526000 CR4: 00000000003406e0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: Call Trace:
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  drm_modeset_register_all+0x10/0x70 [drm]
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  drm_dev_register+0x15d/0x180 [drm]
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  amdgpu_pci_probe+0x100/0x180 [amdgpu]
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  local_pci_probe+0x42/0x80
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  ? pci_match_device+0xd7/0x100
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  pci_device_probe+0xfa/0x1b0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  really_probe+0x167/0x410
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  driver_probe_device+0xb6/0x100
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  device_driver_attach+0xa1/0xb0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  __driver_attach+0x8a/0x150
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  ? device_driver_attach+0xb0/0xb0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  ? device_driver_attach+0xb0/0xb0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  bus_for_each_dev+0x89/0xd0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  bus_add_driver+0x12b/0x1e0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  driver_register+0x8b/0xe0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  ? 0xffffffffc0e1c000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  do_one_initcall+0x59/0x240
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  do_init_module+0x5c/0x260
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  load_module+0x2137/0x23a0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  __do_sys_init_module+0x172/0x1a0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  do_syscall_64+0x49/0x90
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RIP: 0033:0x7f6dfab7673e
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: Code: 48 8b 0d 55 f7 0b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 af 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 22 f7 0b 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RSP: 002b:00007ffd30ccf4c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000af
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055a98ea161c0 RCX: 00007f6dfab7673e
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RDX: 00007f6dfa7f297d RSI: 00000000009e95c9 RDI: 00007f6df7da3010
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RBP: 00007f6df7da3010 R08: 000055a98ea20640 R09: 00000000009e95e0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f6dfa7f297d
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: R13: 0000000000000001 R14: 000055a98e9f3550 R15: 000055a98ea161c0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: Modules linked in: hid_logitech_hidpp mousedev amdgpu(+) iwlmvm joydev mac80211 input_leds hid_logitech_dj edac_mce_amd libarc4 kvm_amd snd_hda_codec_realtek btusb gpu_sched btrtl btbcm i2c_algo_bit snd_>
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel:  crc16 mbcache jbd2 crc32c_intel xhci_pci xhci_hcd
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: CR2: 00000000000000b0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: ---[ end trace 4f60e9af35efd458 ]---
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RIP: 0010:drm_plane_register_all+0x2d/0x60 [drm]
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: Code: 00 00 55 48 8d af d0 02 00 00 53 48 8b 87 d0 02 00 00 48 39 c5 74 32 48 8d 58 f8 eb 0d 48 8b 43 08 48 8d 58 f8 48 39 c5 74 1f <48> 8b 83 b8 00 00 00 48 8b 40 48 48 85 c0 74 e3 48 89 df e8 5b 7b
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RSP: 0018:ffffb7b640707a60 EFLAGS: 00010282
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: fffffffffffffff8 RCX: 00000000000fca06
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RDX: ffffffffc15e1120 RSI: 88568506241e3726 RDI: ffff9d836e68d000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: RBP: ffff9d836e68d2d0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff9d836ec67cd0
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: R10: ffff9d83637b71f0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: R13: 0000000000020016 R14: ffff9d83637b71f0 R15: 0000000000000000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: FS:  00007f6df9b14a80(0000) GS:ffff9d8370980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
Aug 13 07:53:06 archlinux kernel: CR2: 00000000000000b0 CR3: 000000042c526000 CR4: 00000000003406e0

I have no idea how to fix either issue. Any suggestions/help always greatly appreciated. Thanks!
PS am an arch noob, so don't hate please if i come off as stupid. This is all very new to me!
PPS don't hate on English either, am still learning

Last edited by vedantganesh (2020-08-13 11:47:01)

VoDo

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From: Europe

Registered: 2020-06-04

Posts: 122

Re: X server not working or starting

How did you install Arch? Did you follow arch wiki installation guide?
Did you install xorg-xserver, gpu drivers, did you create a user other then root? What DE are you using, what display manager you installed.
Why do you use intel microcode when you have AMD CPU?

Last edited by VoDo (2020-08-13 08:46:26)

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Archi3

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,372

Re: X server not working or starting

Please wrap command outputs [ code ] [ /code ] tags without the spaces.

Is linux-firmware installed? Do so if it isn't.

What you can also try is doing a BIOS/UEFI firmware update, you have quite an old version here, many CPU/GPU firmware bugs on ryzen can/have been fixed by doing so.

Should neither of these two things have helped try the following kernel parameters

amdgpu.dc=0 amdgpu.dpm=0 amdgpu.aspm=0 amdgpu.runpm=0 amdgpu.bapm=0

should that help start removing parameters again  so you can get down to one or two culprits

It also looks like this is the underlying issue to your other thread as such I'll merge them to keep things centralized...

Last edited by V1del (2020-08-13 11:25:52)

vedantganesh

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Registered: 2020-08-13

Posts: 3

Re: X server not working or starting

linux firmware is installed, intel-ucode was installed along with base for some reason. removed and put amd-ucode in it's place. However no updates were released ot either microcode so the CPU was fine. My BIOS version is only 3 releases behind and none of the releases after have major bugfixes so i do not see any utility in updating my UEFI. No UEFI errors or bugs are reported in either

dmesg

or

journalctl -xb

. I did follow the Arch installation guide; and i have done it a few times inside a VM for practice and to see for any issues. But thanks for the help, will try the kernel parameters.
EDIT: I did try the kernel parameters but now i hang at the fsck screen. Any idea as to why this happens?

Last edited by vedantganesh (2020-08-13 14:16:21)