Dell Alienware M18 R1 AMD

jasonkhanlar · 2023-09-15 02:28:37

Hi! August 23, 2023 I ordered (and September 6, 2023 received) a laptop for my mom and I'm setting up an Archlinux environment on it. I've encountered a few issues and I'm posting this to keep track and organize the informations here for now.

Note: I purchased and installed two 2tb ssds and two 32gb sticks of ddr5 ram (they did not come with the delivered laptop)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX (Dell item 338-CKNQ)
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT (Dell Item 490-BJGF)
SSD: (2) SK hynix Platinum P41 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 M.2 2280 SSD (Model SHPP41-2000GM-2)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws SO-DIMM 64GB (2 x 32GB) 262-Pin DDR5 DDR5 5600 (PC5 44800) Laptop Memory (Model F5-5600S4040A32GX2-RS)
Wireless: Qualcomm WCN6856, 2x2, 802.11ax, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth(R) wireless card (Dell item 555-BHUD)
Display: 18" QHD+ (2560x1600) 165Hz, 3ms, ComfortView Plus, 100% DCI-P3, FHD IR Camera (Dell item 391-BHPX)
BIOS: InsydeH2O v1.5.2 [August 17, 2023 release] (upgraded from v1.2.2 [May 10, 2023 release] delivered with the laptop)

Additional Dell SupportAssist System Info:

- LCD Panel Manufacturer ID: E430
- LCD Panel Product ID: 074A
- LCD Panel supports BIST [built-in self test]: Yes
- Network Controller: Realtek PCIe 2.5GBE Family Controller
- USB2.0 Hub: 2109:2817 [Via Labs, Inc.]
- Wireless Controller: 0489:E0E3
- Keyboard: 0D62:AAB0 [Dell Technologies]
- AW-ELC: 187C:0551 [Alienware]
- USB3.0 Hub: 2109:0817 [VIA Labs, Inc.]
- Integrated Webcam: 0BDA:555A [C7FME20T08142001EB00] <-- This C7FM... value probably should appear as "Realtek" [guess] but it seems to be incorrect value for the field it is displayed as. `lshw` (see below) also shows this as the vendor name.
- Video: 1002:164E [RAPHAEL]
- Embedded Controller: 0A.15
- System BIOS: 1.5.2
- PD Firmware: 00.04.04.56

Output:

Output [other]:

- `cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource` => "tsc" [see https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=208321]
- `cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource` => "tsc hpet acpi_pm"

Issues (in no particular order):

`dmesg -W` shows kernel panic after I exit ($mod+shift+e) i3wm (sometimes, not always, output may vary each time)
- September 15, 2023: https://archive.ph/VHldb / https://web.archive.org/web/20230915072 … R.i3wm_exi
- September 23, 2023: https://archive.vn/nUWMq / https://web.archive.org/web/20230923040 … t/HOFW.txt
`dmesg` shows repeating "task kworker/u64:3:3907 blocked for more than [#] seconds." every ~2 minutes for 10 times concluding with "Future hung task reports are suppressed, see sysctl kernel.hung_task_warnings"
- September 15, 2023: https://archive.ph/wfFZN / http://web.archive.org/web/202309150739 … t/HOir.txt
`dmesg -W` shows nothing after I run `systemctl restart sddm` and it is not responding/not doing anything, and I've been waiting 5+ minutes for exiting $mod+shift+e i3wm stuck at a glitched console with cursor underline at top-left corner not blinking. And like I've experienced a few times now, even reboot (or `systemctl reboot`) doesn't work, and before that `systemctl kill sddm` wasn't effective.
`dmesg` (see output above) shows ACPI BIOS Error (bug)s during boot
`dmesg` (see output above) shows "[ 13.172223] dell_smbios: Unable to run on non-Dell system" on a Dell system
`dmesg` (see output above) shows "[ 14.100386] ucsi_acpi USBC000:00: UCSI_GET_PDOS failed (-95)" and "ucsi_acpi USBC000:00: error -ETIMEDOUT: PPM init failed"

`dmesg` (see output above) shows "[ 16.015181] [drm:psp_hw_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* PSP load kdb failed!" and "[ 16.015333] [drm:psp_resume [amdgpu]] *ERROR* PSP resume failed" and "[ 16.015444] [drm:amdgpu_device_fw_loading [amdgpu]] *ERROR* resume of IP block <psp> failed -62"
alternatively, journalctl shows as [red] error output:

kernel: [drm:psp_hw_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* PSP load kdb failed!
kernel: [drm:psp_resume [amdgpu]] *ERROR* PSP resume failed
kernel: [drm:amdgpu_device_fw_loading [amdgpu]] *ERROR* resume of IP block <psp> failed -62
kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu_device_ip_resume failed (-62).
...
kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SMU: response:0xFFFFFFFF for index:52 param:0x00000000 message:ReenableAcDcInterrupt?
kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SMU: response:0xFFFFFFFF for index:52 param:0x00000000 message:ReenableAcDcInterrupt?

also logging in to desktop environments sometimes [too many] `dmesg -W` shows output like this:

[   67.384239] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x00000081FEB00000).
[   67.384265] [drm] PSP is resuming...
[   67.384358] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c000 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384368] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c020 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384375] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c040 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384381] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c060 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384387] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c080 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384393] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c0a0 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384399] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c0c0 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384405] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c0e0 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384411] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c100 flags=0x0030]
[   67.384417] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: AMD-Vi: Event logged [IO_PAGE_FAULT domain=0x0001 address=0xe73e462c120 flags=0x0030]
[   69.202832] [drm:psp_hw_start [amdgpu]] *ERROR* PSP load kdb failed!
[   69.203000] [drm:psp_resume [amdgpu]] *ERROR* PSP resume failed
[   69.203120] [drm:amdgpu_device_fw_loading [amdgpu]] *ERROR* resume of IP block <psp> failed -62
[   69.203226] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu_device_ip_resume failed (-62).
[   69.203325] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SMU: response:0xFFFFFFFF for index:52 param:0x00000000 message:ReenableAcDcInterrupt?
[   69.203330] amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SMU: response:0xFFFFFFFF for index:52 param:0x00000000 message:ReenableAcDcInterrupt?
[   70.384773] warning: `kdeconnectd' uses wireless extensions which will stop working for Wi-Fi 7 hardware; use nl80211

Cutefish Desktop login shows Error dialog: "GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: An authentication agent already exists for the given subject"
Cutefish Desktop shows 7+ notifications with "KWin Window Manager: Desktop effects were restarted due to a graphics reset" and desktop glitches out but still somewhat useable with visual artifacts
Cutefish Desktop logout doesn't respond/fails/freezes, forced to `systemctl restart sddm`
internal microphone doesn't seem to capture any audio [tested with audacity] : https://dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptop … amd-laptop shows "Dual-array microphones" but maybe that's part of the webcam, which doesn't work [see next item]
internal webcam not functional [soived: works now with linux kernel 6.5.5], `lsusb` shows "0bda:555a Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Integrated_Webcam_FHD"
- `ls /dev/video*` => /dev/video0 /dev/video1 /dev/video2 /dev/video3
- `vlc /dev/video0` shows "Errors" dialog: "Your input can't be opened." / "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///dev/video0'. Check the log for details."
- `vlc /dev/video1` shows "Errors" dialog: "Your input can't be opened." / "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///dev/video1'. Check the log for details."
- `vlc /dev/video2` shows "Errors" dialog: "Your input can't be opened." / "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///dev/video2'. Check the log for details."
- `vlc /dev/video3` shows "Errors" dialog: "Your input can't be opened." / "VLC is unable to open the MRL 'file:///dev/video3'. Check the log for details."
- `journalctl` shows [yellow] warning messages [during user login sequence into Plasma desktop environment]:
```
wireplumber[2128]: <WpPortalPermissionStorePlugin:0x5571c45fc930> Failed to call Lookup: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for camera
wireplumber[2128]: <WpPortalPermissionStorePlugin:0x5571c45fc930> Failed to call Lookup: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for camera
wireplumber[2128]: <WpPortalPermissionStorePlugin:0x5571c45fc930> Failed to call Lookup: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for camera
wireplumber[2128]: <WpPortalPermissionStorePlugin:0x5571c45fc930> Failed to call Lookup: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.portal.Error.NotFound: No entry for camera
```
`journalctl` shows [yellow] warning "kernel: ACPI: button: The lid device is not compliant to SW_LID."

`journalctl` shows [red] error output:

kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: CORB reset timeout#2, CORBRP = 65535
kernel: hdaudio hdaudioC0D0: runtime PM trying to activate child device hdaudioC0D0 but parent (0000:03:00.1) is not active
kernel: hdaudio hdaudioC0D0: no AFG or MFG node found
kernel: hdaudio hdaudioC0D1: runtime PM trying to activate child device hdaudioC0D1 but parent (0000:03:00.1) is not active
kernel: hdaudio hdaudioC0D1: no AFG or MFG node found
kernel: hdaudio hdaudioC0D2: runtime PM trying to activate child device hdaudioC0D2 but parent (0000:03:00.1) is not active
kernel: hdaudio hdaudioC0D2: no AFG or MFG node found
kernel: hdaudio hdaudioC0D3: runtime PM trying to activate child device hdaudioC0D3 but parent (0000:03:00.1) is not active
kernel: hdaudio hdaudioC0D3: no AFG or MFG node found
kernel: snd_hda_intel 0000:03:00.1: no codecs initialized

`journalctl` shows [yellow] warning: "kernel: Speculative Return Stack Overflow: IBPB-extending microcode not applied!"

kernel: Spectre V1 : Mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS
kernel: Spectre V2 : Spectre v2 / SpectreRSB mitigation: Filling RSB on context switch
kernel: Spectre V2 : mitigation: Enabling conditional Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier
kernel: Spectre V2 : User space: Mitigation: STIBP always-on protection
kernel: Speculative Store Bypass: Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
kernel: Speculative Return Stack Overflow: IBPB-extending microcode not applied!
kernel: Speculative Return Stack Overflow: WARNING: See https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/srso.html for mitigation options.
kernel: Speculative Return Stack Overflow: Mitigation: safe RET, no microcode

Also see discussion at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288234
`journalctl -b | grep smpboot` shows "(family: 0x19, model: 0x61, stepping: 0x2)" which is not included in https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … ode/README

Booting laptop, waiting at sddm desktop login screen, idling until screen shuts off, then moving cursor to turn on screen, visual glitches appeared blinking/flashing every second or so and `journalctl -m -f` shows this: https://archive.ph/6Pb58 / https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215 … HWfi.10.04

[work in progress : note to self: monitor `journalctl -f` and `dmesg -W` logging in and out of all desktop environments]

I noticed an issue running extra/emptyepsilon [https://github.com/daid/EmptyEpsilon] in GNOME, and I thought it was GPU-related issues, however running in i3wm seemed fine, so I'm testing running them in all these desktop environments: (thorough testing failed to reproduce, so it must be some other issue that caused the situation I experienced, which was barely responsive system, mouse cursor moved slowly, 10-20 seconds between jumps, and no sound from clicking on the buttons that should play sound effect)

EmptyEpsilon:
- Budgie Desktop: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Cinnamon: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Cutefish Desktop: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Enlightenment: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- GNOME Classic: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- GNOME Flashback (Metacity): Runs fine, audio seems fine
- GNOME: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- i3: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- LXDE: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- LXQt: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- MATE: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- KDE/Openbox: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Openbox: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Plasma (X11): Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Xfce: Runs fine, audio seems fine
widelands:
- Budgie Desktop: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Cinnamon: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Cutefish Desktop: runs fine, audio seems fine
- Enlightenment: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- GNOME Classic: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- GNOME Flashback (Metacity): Runs fine, audio seems fine
- GNOME: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- i3: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- LXDE: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- LXQt: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- MATE: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- KDE/Openbox: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Openbox: Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Plasma (X11): Runs fine, audio seems fine
- Xfce: Runs fine, audio seems fine

Last edited by jasonkhanlar (2023-11-04 06:12:57)

jasonkhanlar · 2023-10-04 04:16:56

Replying here to keep the main post from getting too cluttered. With ssh sessions running `dmesg -W` and `journalctl -m -f` and then on the laptop running `xonotic-glx` anticipating amdgpu visual errors to reproduce, loading the game was delayed a little and now black screen, and the output is as follows:

`dmesg -W`

[ 1436.557641] [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx_0.0.0 timeout, signaled seq=93466, emitted seq=93468
[ 1436.557968] [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Process information: process xonotic-glx pid 17841 thread xonotic-gl:cs0 pid 17842
[ 1436.558230] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset begin!
[ 1436.711215] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: free PSP TMR buffer
[ 1436.740640] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: MODE2 reset
[ 1436.747792] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset succeeded, trying to resume
[ 1436.748142] [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F41FC00000).
[ 1436.748189] [drm] PSP is resuming...
[ 1436.770383] [drm] reserve 0xa00000 from 0xf41e000000 for PSP TMR
[ 1437.003535] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: RAS: optional ras ta ucode is not available
[ 1437.012434] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: RAP: optional rap ta ucode is not available
[ 1437.012434] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: SECUREDISPLAY: securedisplay ta ucode is not available
[ 1437.012435] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: SMU is resuming...
[ 1437.012438] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: smu driver if version = 0x00000004, smu fw if version = 0x00000005, smu fw program = 0, smu fw version = 0x00546500 (84.101.0)
[ 1437.012440] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: SMU driver if version not matched
[ 1437.012719] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: SMU is resumed successfully!
[ 1437.013691] [drm] DMUB hardware initialized: version=0x05000C00
[ 1437.258383] [drm] kiq ring mec 2 pipe 1 q 0
[ 1437.261475] [drm] VCN decode and encode initialized successfully(under DPG Mode).
[ 1437.261906] [drm] JPEG decode initialized successfully.
[ 1437.261909] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring gfx_0.0.0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 0
[ 1437.261912] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.0 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 0
[ 1437.261914] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.0 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 0
[ 1437.261916] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.0 uses VM inv eng 5 on hub 0
[ 1437.261918] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.0 uses VM inv eng 6 on hub 0
[ 1437.261919] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.1 uses VM inv eng 7 on hub 0
[ 1437.261920] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.1 uses VM inv eng 8 on hub 0
[ 1437.261921] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.1 uses VM inv eng 9 on hub 0
[ 1437.261922] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.1 uses VM inv eng 10 on hub 0
[ 1437.261924] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring kiq_2.1.0 uses VM inv eng 11 on hub 0
[ 1437.261925] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring sdma0 uses VM inv eng 12 on hub 0
[ 1437.261927] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_dec_0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 1
[ 1437.261928] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_enc_0.0 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 1
[ 1437.261929] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_enc_0.1 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 1
[ 1437.261930] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring jpeg_dec uses VM inv eng 5 on hub 1
[ 1437.265306] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: recover vram bo from shadow start
[ 1437.265308] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: recover vram bo from shadow done
[ 1437.265311] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265326] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset(2) succeeded!
[ 1437.265345] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265726] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265732] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265734] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265737] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265740] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265742] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265744] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265746] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265748] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.265750] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.266092] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.266093] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.267696] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.268674] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.268677] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.268678] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.268679] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.268680] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.268682] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.268683] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.269385] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.269391] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.269394] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.272199] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.272217] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.273981] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[ 1437.296502] [drm:amdgpu_cs_ioctl [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Failed to initialize parser -125!

`journalctl -m -f`

note: removing redundant/duplicates and below shows only output after the last "Skip scheduling IBs!" as appearing above from `dmesg -W`

Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 auto_workspace[10425]: 0
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: kwin_scene_opengl: A graphics reset not attributable to the current GL context occurred.
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kernel: [drm:amdgpu_cs_ioctl [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Failed to initialize parser -125!
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: adding 4 mixers
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Devices:1" "Playback Devices"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: PulseAudio adding 2 devices
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: adding "auto_null" "Dummy Output"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: adding "alsa_output.pci-0000_0c_00.6.3.analog-stereo" "Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: mixer "PulseAudio::Capture_Devices:1" "Capture Devices"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: PulseAudio adding 1 devices
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: adding "alsa_input.pci-0000_0c_00.6.3.analog-stereo" "Family 17h/19h HD Audio Controller Analog Stereo"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: mixer "PulseAudio::Playback_Streams:1" "Playback Streams"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: PulseAudio adding 2 devices
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: mixer "PulseAudio::Capture_Streams:1" "Capture Streams"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: PulseAudio adding 0 devices
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "audio-card-analog-pci"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kmix[10509]: org.kde.kmix: No such icon "audio-card-analog-pci"
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: OpenGL vendor string:                   AMD
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: OpenGL renderer string:                 AMD Radeon Graphics (raphael_mendocino, LLVM 16.0.6, DRM 3.49, 6.1.55-1-lts)
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: OpenGL version string:                  4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 23.2.1-arch1.1
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: OpenGL shading language version string: 4.60
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: Driver:                                 Unknown
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: GPU class:                              Unknown
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: OpenGL version:                         4.6
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: GLSL version:                           4.60
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: Mesa version:                           23.2.1
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: X server version:                       1.21.1
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: Linux kernel version:                   6.1.55
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: Requires strict binding:                yes
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: GLSL shaders:                           yes
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: Texture NPOT support:                   yes
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: Virtual Machine:                        no
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: BlurConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: ZoomConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: WindowViewConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: SlidingPopupsConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: SlideConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: OverviewConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: KscreenConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 kwin_x11[10056]: DesktopGridConfig::instance called after the first use - ignoring
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 plasmashell[10098]: Could not find the Plasmoid for Plasma::FrameSvgItem(0x55efd2292a30) QQmlContext(0x55efd23a8aa0) QUrl("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml")
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 plasmashell[10098]: Could not find the Plasmoid for Plasma::FrameSvgItem(0x55efd2292a30) QQmlContext(0x55efd23a8aa0) QUrl("file:///usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.notifications/contents/ui/global/Globals.qml")
Oct 04 00:08:21 m18 auto_workspace[10425]: 0
Oct 04 00:08:26 m18 auto_workspace[10425]: 0

Also note, even `kill`ing the xonotic-glx process leaves the laptop monitor screen appearing fully black, but also the glitches are not always the same as now, but basically everytime the monitor becomes more and more areas with random bits/chunks/lines of garbled messed up visual things, getting worse and worse, or sometimes [like now], all at once, and never gets better. Rebooting is required for each time this happens

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Another run of `xonotic-glx` crashing with only a little visual glitches at first, and then 100% black screen can't see a thing anymore, but here is log output while it happened:

dmesg

[  736.774509] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): The DSDT has been corrupted or replaced - old, new headers below (20230331/tbutils-87)
[  736.774516] ACPI: DSDT 0x0000000000000000 00D416 (v02 ALWARE WN09     00000002 ASL  00040000)
[  736.774520] ACPI: U\xfc?\xfc 0x0000000000000000 FC03FC57 (v08 ?\xff???\xfc ?\xff??ı\xd3? 23582EF4 ??'\xc8 01A61FB1)
[  736.774523] ACPI Error: Please send DMI info to linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org
               If system does not work as expected, please boot with acpi=copy_dsdt (20230331/tbutils-94)
[  736.774576] ACPI Error: AE_CTRL_PENDING, While creating Arg 1 (20230331/dsutils-725)
[  736.774582] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[  736.774585] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[  736.774587] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[  736.774589] PGD 0 P4D 0 
[  736.774592] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[  736.774595] CPU: 13 PID: 201 Comm: kworker/13:1 Tainted: G           OE      6.5.5-arch1-1 #1 d82a0f532dd8cfe67d5795c1738d9c01059a0c62
[  736.774598] Hardware name: Alienware Alienware m18 R1 AMD/0XY1HF, BIOS 1.5.2 08/08/2023
[  736.774600] Workqueue: kec_query acpi_ec_event_processor
[  736.774606] RIP: 0010:acpi_ps_peek_opcode+0xd/0x30
[  736.774611] Code: c0 83 c0 01 e9 64 78 5d 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 66 0f 1f 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 57 08 <0f> b6 02 66 83 f8 5b 74 05 e9 35 78 5d 00 0f b6 42 01 80 cc 5b e9
[  736.774614] RSP: 0018:ffffac250087fd00 EFLAGS: 00010286
[  736.774616] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8f701f905800 RCX: 0000000000000020
[  736.774618] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffac250087fcf0 RDI: ffff8f701f905838
[  736.774620] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff8f701f905800 R09: 000000000003acf0
[  736.774621] R10: ffffffffaef52310 R11: ffff8f7f3ddfdfe8 R12: ffffac250087fd50
[  736.774623] R13: ffff8f701f905838 R14: ffffac250087fd50 R15: ffff8f70578b5740
[  736.774624] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8f7f3d740000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  736.774627] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  736.774628] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000293ca4000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0
[  736.774630] PKRU: 55555554
[  736.774632] Call Trace:
[  736.774634]  <TASK>
[  736.774636]  ? __die+0x23/0x70
[  736.774641]  ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0
[  736.774647]  ? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
[  736.774652]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
[  736.774658]  ? acpi_ps_peek_opcode+0xd/0x30
[  736.774662]  acpi_ps_create_op+0x91/0x3d0
[  736.774666]  acpi_ps_parse_loop+0x15e/0xa30
[  736.774670]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0x7f
[  736.774674]  acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x221/0x5e0
[  736.774676]  acpi_ps_execute_method+0x171/0x3e0
[  736.774680]  acpi_ns_evaluate+0x174/0x5d0
[  736.774683]  acpi_evaluate_object+0x16f/0x450
[  736.774687]  acpi_ec_event_processor+0xa8/0x100
[  736.774690]  process_one_work+0x1de/0x3f0
[  736.774694]  worker_thread+0x51/0x390
[  736.774698]  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[  736.774700]  kthread+0xe5/0x120
[  736.774703]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[  736.774706]  ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
[  736.774710]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[  736.774713]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
[  736.774719]  </TASK>
[  736.774721] Modules linked in: snd_seq_dummy snd_hrtimer snd_seq snd_seq_device michael_mic snd_ctl_led snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic btusb uvcvideo btrtl btbcm videobuf2_vmalloc btintel uvc videobuf2_memops btmtk videobuf2_v4l2 bluetooth videodev videobuf2_common qrtr_mhi ecdh_generic mc intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common snd_sof_amd_rembrandt qrtr snd_sof_amd_renoir ath11k_pci snd_sof_amd_acp snd_sof_pci edac_mce_amd snd_sof_xtensa_dsp ath11k snd_sof kvm_amd qmi_helpers snd_sof_utils mac80211 snd_soc_core kvm snd_hda_intel snd_compress snd_intel_dspcfg libarc4 ac97_bus snd_intel_sdw_acpi snd_pcm_dmaengine irqbypass joydev snd_hda_codec crct10dif_pclmul mousedev snd_pci_ps crc32_pclmul cfg80211 snd_hda_core polyval_clmulni snd_rpl_pci_acp6x polyval_generic snd_acp_pci snd_pci_acp6x snd_hwdep gf128mul ghash_clmulni_intel r8169 snd_pci_acp5x snd_pcm snd_rn_pci_acp3x sha512_ssse3 ucsi_acpi snd_acp_config realtek typec_ucsi aesni_intel vfat snd_soc_acpi dcdbas rfkill snd_timer mdio_devres ledtrig_audio
[  736.774789]  hid_multitouch fat crypto_simd cryptd rapl sparse_keymap dell_wmi_descriptor alienware_wmi wmi_bmof snd typec pcspkr i2c_piix4 libphy mhi ccp soundcore k10temp snd_pci_acp3x roles i2c_hid_acpi i2c_hid amd_pmc acpi_tad mac_hid vboxnetflt(OE) vboxnetadp(OE) vboxdrv(OE) pkcs8_key_parser sg crypto_user fuse dm_mod loop ip_tables x_tables ext4 crc32c_generic crc16 mbcache jbd2 usbhid serio_raw atkbd rtsx_pci_sdmmc mmc_core libps2 nvme vivaldi_fmap crc32c_intel nvme_core xhci_pci rtsx_pci xhci_pci_renesas nvme_common i8042 serio amdgpu i2c_algo_bit drm_ttm_helper ttm video wmi drm_suballoc_helper amdxcp drm_buddy gpu_sched drm_display_helper cec
[  736.774847] CR2: 0000000000000000
[  736.774850] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
[  736.774852] RIP: 0010:acpi_ps_peek_opcode+0xd/0x30
[  736.774855] Code: c0 83 c0 01 e9 64 78 5d 00 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 66 0f 1f 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 57 08 <0f> b6 02 66 83 f8 5b 74 05 e9 35 78 5d 00 0f b6 42 01 80 cc 5b e9
[  736.774857] RSP: 0018:ffffac250087fd00 EFLAGS: 00010286
[  736.774859] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8f701f905800 RCX: 0000000000000020
[  736.774861] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffac250087fcf0 RDI: ffff8f701f905838
[  736.774862] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff8f701f905800 R09: 000000000003acf0
[  736.774864] R10: ffffffffaef52310 R11: ffff8f7f3ddfdfe8 R12: ffffac250087fd50
[  736.774866] R13: ffff8f701f905838 R14: ffffac250087fd50 R15: ffff8f70578b5740
[  736.774867] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8f7f3d740000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  736.774869] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[  736.774871] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000293ca4000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0
[  736.774873] PKRU: 55555554
[  736.774874] note: kworker/13:1[201] exited with irqs disabled
[  749.576877] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: [gfxhub] page fault (src_id:0 ring:24 vmid:3 pasid:32805, for process xonotic-glx pid 536824 thread xonotic-gl:cs0 pid 536964)
[  749.576885] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:   in page starting at address 0x0000b2881b93b000 from client 0x1b (UTCL2)
[  749.576888] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GCVM_L2_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS:0x00301031
[  749.576890] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      Faulty UTCL2 client ID: TCP (0x8)
[  749.576892] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MORE_FAULTS: 0x1
[  749.576893] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      WALKER_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576895] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      PERMISSION_FAULTS: 0x3
[  749.576896] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MAPPING_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576898] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      RW: 0x0
[  749.576900] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: [gfxhub] page fault (src_id:0 ring:24 vmid:3 pasid:32805, for process xonotic-glx pid 536824 thread xonotic-gl:cs0 pid 536964)
[  749.576904] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:   in page starting at address 0x0000b2881b92c000 from client 0x1b (UTCL2)
[  749.576906] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GCVM_L2_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS:0x00301031
[  749.576907] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      Faulty UTCL2 client ID: TCP (0x8)
[  749.576909] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MORE_FAULTS: 0x1
[  749.576910] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      WALKER_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576911] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      PERMISSION_FAULTS: 0x3
[  749.576913] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MAPPING_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576914] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      RW: 0x0
[  749.576917] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: [gfxhub] page fault (src_id:0 ring:24 vmid:3 pasid:32805, for process xonotic-glx pid 536824 thread xonotic-gl:cs0 pid 536964)
[  749.576919] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:   in page starting at address 0x0000b2881b931000 from client 0x1b (UTCL2)
[  749.576921] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GCVM_L2_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS:0x00000000
[  749.576923] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      Faulty UTCL2 client ID: CB/DB (0x0)
[  749.576924] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MORE_FAULTS: 0x0
[  749.576926] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      WALKER_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576927] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      PERMISSION_FAULTS: 0x0
[  749.576928] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MAPPING_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576930] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      RW: 0x0
[  749.576932] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: [gfxhub] page fault (src_id:0 ring:24 vmid:3 pasid:32805, for process xonotic-glx pid 536824 thread xonotic-gl:cs0 pid 536964)
[  749.576935] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:   in page starting at address 0x0000b2881b936000 from client 0x1b (UTCL2)
[  749.576936] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GCVM_L2_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS:0x00000000
[  749.576938] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      Faulty UTCL2 client ID: CB/DB (0x0)
[  749.576939] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MORE_FAULTS: 0x0
[  749.576941] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      WALKER_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576942] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      PERMISSION_FAULTS: 0x0
[  749.576943] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MAPPING_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576945] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      RW: 0x0
[  749.576952] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: [gfxhub] page fault (src_id:0 ring:24 vmid:3 pasid:32805, for process xonotic-glx pid 536824 thread xonotic-gl:cs0 pid 536964)
[  749.576954] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:   in page starting at address 0x0000b50f249fd000 from client 0x1b (UTCL2)
[  749.576956] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GCVM_L2_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS:0x00000000
[  749.576958] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      Faulty UTCL2 client ID: CB/DB (0x0)
[  749.576959] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MORE_FAULTS: 0x0
[  749.576960] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      WALKER_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576962] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      PERMISSION_FAULTS: 0x0
[  749.576963] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MAPPING_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576964] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      RW: 0x0
[  749.576967] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: [gfxhub] page fault (src_id:0 ring:24 vmid:3 pasid:32805, for process xonotic-glx pid 536824 thread xonotic-gl:cs0 pid 536964)
[  749.576969] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:   in page starting at address 0x0000b50f249f3000 from client 0x1b (UTCL2)
[  749.576971] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GCVM_L2_PROTECTION_FAULT_STATUS:0x00000000
[  749.576972] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      Faulty UTCL2 client ID: CB/DB (0x0)
[  749.576973] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MORE_FAULTS: 0x0
[  749.576975] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      WALKER_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576976] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      PERMISSION_FAULTS: 0x0
[  749.576977] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      MAPPING_ERROR: 0x0
[  749.576979] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu:      RW: 0x0
[  759.587578] [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* ring gfx_0.0.0 timeout, signaled seq=17978, emitted seq=17980
[  759.587751] [drm:amdgpu_job_timedout [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Process information: process xonotic-glx pid 536824 thread xonotic-gl:cs0 pid 536964
[  759.587890] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset begin!
[  759.770337] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: MODE2 reset
[  759.777577] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset succeeded, trying to resume
[  759.777704] [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x000000F41FC00000).
[  759.777756] [drm] PSP is resuming...
[  759.799337] [drm] reserve 0xa00000 from 0xf41e000000 for PSP TMR
[  759.993139] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: RAS: optional ras ta ucode is not available
[  759.998784] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: RAP: optional rap ta ucode is not available
[  759.998787] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: SECUREDISPLAY: securedisplay ta ucode is not available
[  759.998791] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: SMU is resuming...
[  759.998800] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: smu driver if version = 0x00000004, smu fw if version = 0x00000005, smu fw program = 0, smu fw version = 0x00546500 (84.101.0)
[  759.998802] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: SMU driver if version not matched
[  759.999129] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: SMU is resumed successfully!
[  759.999776] [drm] DMUB hardware initialized: version=0x05000C00
[  760.282104] [drm] kiq ring mec 2 pipe 1 q 0
[  760.284094] [drm] VCN decode and encode initialized successfully(under DPG Mode).
[  760.284509] [drm] JPEG decode initialized successfully.
[  760.284513] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring gfx_0.0.0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 0
[  760.284515] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.0 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 0
[  760.284516] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.0 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 0
[  760.284517] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.0 uses VM inv eng 5 on hub 0
[  760.284518] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.0 uses VM inv eng 6 on hub 0
[  760.284519] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.1 uses VM inv eng 7 on hub 0
[  760.284520] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.1 uses VM inv eng 8 on hub 0
[  760.284521] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.1 uses VM inv eng 9 on hub 0
[  760.284522] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.1 uses VM inv eng 10 on hub 0
[  760.284523] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring kiq_0.2.1.0 uses VM inv eng 11 on hub 0
[  760.284525] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring sdma0 uses VM inv eng 12 on hub 0
[  760.284526] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_dec_0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 8
[  760.284527] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_enc_0.0 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 8
[  760.284528] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_enc_0.1 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 8
[  760.284529] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: ring jpeg_dec uses VM inv eng 5 on hub 8
[  760.286850] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: recover vram bo from shadow start
[  760.286851] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: recover vram bo from shadow done
[  760.286860] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: amdgpu: GPU reset(2) succeeded!
[  760.286888] [drm] Skip scheduling IBs!
[  760.288105] [drm:amdgpu_cs_ioctl [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Failed to initialize parser -125!

Last edited by jasonkhanlar (2023-10-05 03:00:16)

jasonkhanlar · 2023-10-06 03:17:55

Alright, I equipped the mom with the laptop, albeit still with amdgpu video glitches that I couldn't fix, but maybe in future it'll work better after some updates. The webcam works but still no microphone functionality.

Last edited by jasonkhanlar (2023-10-06 03:18:24)

fireedo · 2023-11-27 15:45:48

hi,
is there any new update?
what the state now your alienware m18 r1 with the latest kernel 6.6.x ? are everything ok now?
since I expecting my alienware m18 r1 with all AMD too

Last edited by fireedo (2023-11-27 15:46:50)

jasonkhanlar · 2024-02-29 03:10:25

Reminder for self: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insyde_Software

> "In December 2023, Binarly (a security firm) published a set of vulnerabilities discovered on a number of bios chips, including Insyde's. The firm highlighted that malicious actors can bypass boot security protocols using the mentioned set"

I remember hearing about InsydeH20 from somewhere, and I remember now that I noticed it on the BIOS for the laptop I purchased for my mother, which is not in my possession.

Note/reminder to self to convert infos I shared in my 6% upvoted post https://old.reddit.com/r/LegionGo/comme … f/kslre36/ to investigate the Dell Alienware M18 R1 AMD laptop if it's fixable, if ever Dell will release a BIOS update that fixes it. So far I noticed https://dell.com/community/en/conversat … 4bd6d803d9

Arch Linux

#1 2023-09-15 02:28:37