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#1 2023-10-30 02:10:57
- Sempiternal-Futility
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Can't boot with old kernel. Could downgrading mesa help?
Here's a video of me trying to boot with it (https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/co … s_on_boot/)
The problem is, gpu drivers don't work. It only worked when enabling the "nomodeset" parameter (which disables the drivers). Could downgrading my mesa packages get it to work?
I know the problem is not the way I'm configuring the kernel during compilation, as I am using a .config file that is known to work on debian 12. Also, pre-compiled kernel doesn't work either.
The reason why I want to use this old kernel, is that newer ones are really buggy.
Kernel version (that I am trying to compile): 5.10.186
Mesa package version: 1:23.2.1-2
What makes me thing that downgrading packages might help, is that this kernel works flawlessly on debian 12 (which has older packages), but does not work on arch.
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#2 2023-10-30 02:12:15
- Scimmia
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Re: Can't boot with old kernel. Could downgrading mesa help?
What GPU and drivers are we talking about?
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#3 2023-10-30 02:14:39
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Re: Can't boot with old kernel. Could downgrading mesa help?
@Scimmia My gpu is a R7 240.
Radeon and AMDGPU drivers don't work on the 5.10.186 kernel
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#4 2023-10-30 02:20:08
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Re: Can't boot with old kernel. Could downgrading mesa help?
So we're talking southern islands. Did you follow the wiki for getting amdgpu to work?
I get trying an older kernel, but why are you on an old version of 5.10? 5.10.199 is latest. Why not use the aur package for it?
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#5 2023-10-30 02:32:39
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Re: Can't boot with old kernel. Could downgrading mesa help?
@Scimmia I already tried the AUR. Same issues.
Yes I did follow the wiki. I'll try to compile the 5.10.199 kernel, see if it works.
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#6 2023-10-30 08:14:38
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Re: Can't boot with old kernel. Could downgrading mesa help?
Can you boot the multi-user.target (2nd link below) w/o "nomodeset" ?
Please post your complete system journal for the boot:
sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.stOnline