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MickeyRat

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Registered: 2011-11-15

Posts: 147

Linux 6.17.9 unstable for me

Is anyone aware of problems with the 6.17.9 kernel? After an upgrade I started getting a lot of kernel panics. After downgrading to 6.17.8, I'm not seeing them anymore.  This is not an area I'm well versed in but, I'll be happy to provide specific info. Just tell me what you need.

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xerxes_

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Registered: 2018-04-29

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Re: Linux 6.17.9 unstable for me

Does journalctl logs from failed boots show something interesting (sudo journalctl -b-n where n is number of boots ego) ? Post full logs, if yes.

MickeyRat

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Registered: 2011-11-15

Posts: 147

Re: Linux 6.17.9 unstable for me

Does journalctl logs from failed boots show something interesting (sudo journalctl -b-n where n is number of boots ego) ? Post full logs, if yes.

Thanks for the reply. It didn't fail to boot. It would boot fine but, a while after I booted, it would lock up, go dark and then the LightDM login screen would come up.

That said, I misspoke in a couple ways.  First it wasn't kernel panics. it was core dumps. I know BIG difference.  Second at the time I originally posted, I wasn't getting core dumps with the 6.17.8 kernel but, I am now.  I think these lines from the journal might indicate the problem:

Nov 29 14:40:12 groucho kernel: amdgpu 0000:0e:00.0: amdgpu: ring gfx_0.0.0 timeout, signaled seq=2002395, emitted seq=2002397
Nov 29 14:40:12 groucho kernel: amdgpu 0000:0e:00.0: amdgpu:  Process endless-sky pid 6871 thread endless-sk:cs0 pid 6896
Nov 29 14:40:12 groucho kernel: amdgpu 0000:0e:00.0: amdgpu: Starting gfx_0.0.0 ring reset
Nov 29 14:40:12 groucho kernel: amdgpu 0000:0e:00.0: amdgpu: Ring gfx_0.0.0 reset failed

Unless someone has a better suggestion, I suspect I'm going to have to do a reinstall but, I'll do some disk checks first.

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dingodoppelt

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Registered: 2024-10-14

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Re: Linux 6.17.9 unstable for me

I experience a similar issue. My machine freezes with the same messages after a short amount of time. I downgraded kernel and firmware but to no avail.
Right now I have amd-ucode downgraded to 20251111 and it is running fine for 2½ hours now. I'll give it some further testing tomorrow.
You might want to try downgrading amd-ucode as well and check if the situation improves.
I opened a thread myself: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=310517