Cannot Boot to the Latest Kernel 6.10.4

Hello,

I can’t seem to boot to the latest kernel. 6.10.4-1.1

Every time I come up to the Tumbleweed boot page to select different options, I can’t seem to be able to boot up properly. After the seconds go down to boot, it stays frozen for a long time, then my whole computer reboots, and it just goes through the whole countdown boot page process again.

I have to boot up to kernel 6.8.9-1.

Any way, I could resolve this issue?

I should mention that this is an AMD CPU and GPU system.

System:
Kernel: 6.8.9-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default
root=UUID=f982bdae-6ae5-4c1a-b90b-3544b710ac41 splash=silent
mitigations=auto quiet security=apparmor
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.5.0
wm: kwin_x11 tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE
Tumbleweed 20240815
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M / Pro 5500M] driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: RDNA-1 code: Navi-1x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2019-20
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 28:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7340 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Samsung serial:
built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 40 gamma: 1.2
size: 1210x680mm (47.64x26.77") diag: 690mm (27.2") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
inactive: gbm,wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.1.3 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (radeonsi navi14 LLVM
18.1.8 DRM 3.57 6.8.9-1-default) device-ID: 1002:7340 memory: 7.81 GiB
unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.290 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 5500 XT (RADV NAVI14) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:7340
surfaces: xcb,xlib

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If after you make a Grub menu selection and try to proceed, immediately strike the E key so that you can see messages that may provide clues to what is happening or not.

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This is after command:

inxi -GSaz

Like this? Is this better?

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.9-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default
    root=UUID=f982bdae-6ae5-4c1a-b90b-3544b710ac41 splash=silent
    mitigations=auto quiet security=apparmor
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.5.0
    wm: kwin_x11 tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE
    Tumbleweed 20240815
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 14 [Radeon RX 5500/5500M / Pro 5500M] driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: RDNA-1 code: Navi-1x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2019-20
    pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 28:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7340 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
    dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Samsung serial: <filter>
    built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 40 gamma: 1.2
    size: 1210x680mm (47.64x26.77") diag: 690mm (27.2") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
    inactive: gbm,wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.1.3 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (radeonsi navi14 LLVM
    18.1.8 DRM 3.57 6.8.9-1-default) device-ID: 1002:7340 memory: 7.81 GiB
    unified: no
  API: Vulkan v: 1.3.290 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon RX 5500 XT (RADV NAVI14) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:7340
    surfaces: xcb,xlib

I will try this out later on today.

Small correction: it is Esc instead of E to see verbose boot messages.

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Yes, but

> inxi -GSaz
System:
  Kernel: 6.8.9-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
...

is better yet.

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I tried to hit Esc, or any other key, and no verbose boot messages appear.

I tried a command that I found in a thread here.

journalctl -b 0 -p 3

And modified it with a 5 at the end. The picture shows the result.

Aug 20 21:19:53 localhost.localdomain org_kde_powerdevil[4394]: busno=5, sleep-multiplier =  1.30. Testing for supported feature 0x10 returned Error_Info[EIO in ddc_write_read_with_retry, causes: EIO]

This line seems concerning…

If you examine /boot/, do you see reasonably similar vmlinuz* and initrd* for each kernel version, particularly 6.10.4, nothing obviously missing, or wildly inappropriate in size?

@localhost:/boot> ls -lt -u

total 151388
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       23 Aug 21 00:54 initrd -> initrd-6.10.5-1-default
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       47 Aug 21 00:54 sysctl.conf-6.10.4-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.10.4-1-default/sysctl.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       47 Aug 21 00:54 sysctl.conf-6.10.5-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.10.5-1-default/sysctl.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       46 Aug 21 00:54 System.map-6.10.4-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.10.4-1-default/System.map
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       46 Aug 21 00:54 System.map-6.10.5-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.10.5-1-default/System.map
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       45 Aug 21 00:54 System.map-6.8.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/System.map
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       24 Aug 21 00:54 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.10.5-1-default
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       41 Aug 20 21:11 config-6.8.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       42 Aug 20 21:11 config-6.10.4-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.10.4-1-default/config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       43 Aug 20 21:11 vmlinuz-6.10.4-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.10.4-1-default/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       43 Aug 20 21:11 vmlinuz-6.10.5-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.10.5-1-default/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       42 Aug 20 21:11 vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/vmlinuz
-rw------- 1 root root 52165899 Aug 20 21:11 initrd-6.10.5-1-default
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       42 Aug 20 21:11 config-6.10.5-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.10.5-1-default/config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       46 Aug 20 09:12 sysctl.conf-6.8.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/sysctl.conf
-rw------- 1 root root 52159836 Aug 16 12:08 initrd-6.10.4-1-default
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root       98 Aug 12 02:13 grub2
-rw------- 1 root root 50627408 May 16 10:48 initrd-6.8.9-1-default
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root     4096 Dec 31  1969 efi

This is what I see within the boot directory.

Is there a kernel bug site that I can look through to see if maybe it’s a bug of some kind?

I am having trouble solving this…

This will generate a list of kernel bugs newly reported on bugzilla.opensuse.org within the past 10 weeks. You might read through the summaries for possible matches, opening any report pages listed there to see if any details match. You can edit the search results page to look within a longer or shorter period, and/or add other keywords to search in addition.

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I have found a solution to the problem.

It was a bios update that needed to occur on my motherboard in order to boot to the latest version of the kernel. An important one too, it has a security update that needed to be patched.

My motherboard is an MSI Mortar Titanium b450m.

So now I can boot to the latest version: 6.10.8-1

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