@malcolmlewis , no luck - still crashes on boot. Some pics attached from phone, currently booted using 6.17.2 again.
@dannyr87 in the BIOS is Intel RST or VMD enabled on the storage media?
VMD is enabled, the option is grey so unble to toggle.
The drive appears in a list under an RST menu.
@dannyr87 is there a BIOS option to switch storage to AHCI, just need confirmation, or just RST or VMD?
@malcolmlewis pretty confident no option for AHCI in BIOS after checking.
This is a laptop with no sata ports - only 2x nvme - not sure if that helps?
@dannyr87 so your running them in RAID? Can you boot to the 6.17.2 and post the output from inxi -dxxz I suspect a regression with the Intel VMD driverā¦
Not running in RAID, just a single drive:
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.86 TiB used: 832.92 GiB (43.7%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL22T0HBLB-00B00
size: 1.86 TiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 62.9 C
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Maybe similar to a response here:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220658
@dannyr87 what about the output from journalctl -b | grep -E "VMD|vmd"
I donāt have any output from this command.
@dannyr87 what about lsmod | grep vmd?
@malcolmlewis the response is:
vmd 28672 0
@dannyr87 I would suggest a bug report on the issueā¦ openSUSE:Submitting bug reports - openSUSE Wiki
@malcolmlewis , thanks! I suspect the issue is the same as 1252291 ā Tumbleweed: system unbootable with kernel 6.17.3 after GRUB ā snapshot 20251017; 6.17.2 works ? I will add a comment to that thread.
FYI, rebuilding kernel with the additions to /drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c descibed here resolved the boot issue for me. Making sure you're not a bot!
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I can confirm the same issue happening running Slowroll. Dell laptop XPS + RTX 3050.
continuing from my previous post here:
I donāt know if it helps at this point but now that I am on the computer, here is the result of inxi -GSaz.
user@computer:~> inxi -GSaz
System:
Kernel: 6.17.2-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.17.2-1-default
root=/dev/mapper/system-root splash=silent mitigations=auto quiet
security=apparmor
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.50 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20251018
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Lenovo
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm
built: 2020-21 ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1 empty: none
bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a49 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony Integrated 5M Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b6f5
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa alternate: fbdev,intel
dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: right model: Asus VS247
serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: Lenovo LEN-A-A serial: <filter>
built: 2020 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
size: 596x335mm (23.46x13.19") diag: 684mm (26.9") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.4 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)
device-ID: 8086:9a49 memory: 15.03 GiB unified: yes
Info: Tools: api: glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xprop,xrandr
Thank you.
@alexsec There is a firmware update for the i915 driver in snapshot 20251020, I suggest you switch to root user and run zypper -vvv dup and see how it goes with the 6.17.3 kernel.
Nope. The experiment was unsuccessful. I pressed Esc to remove plymouth and watch the boot messages.
The only thing that changed was that the system, instead of throwing random data lines onscreen and rebooting automatically after a while, froze 3-4 times during the boot process and then fell into emergency mode, where I logged in as root and shut it down.
The boot messages kept appearing starting with [OK], but they were appearing in chunks. Not in a continuous flow. Every chunk contained about 10-15 lines and then stopped for 20-30 seconds or a minute. Then another 10-15 lines and another stop. And so onā¦
6.17.2 remains the only working kernel.
Iām experiencing the same behavior and rolled back to my previous kernel:
~ 08:38 $ inxi -GSaz
System:
Kernel: 6.17.0-2-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.0
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.17.0-2-default
root=UUID=9324222f-aca8-4f3e-aea7-a4f15c56b0fb splash=silent
mitigations=auto quiet security=apparmor rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.18.0
wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 4 dm: SDDM Distro: openSUSE
Tumbleweed 20251007
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports:
active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:a788 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA AD107GLM [RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU]
vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 580.95.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-08) arch: Lovelace
code: AD1xx process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ ports: active: none
empty: DP-4,DP-5,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:28b9
class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_FHD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0c45:6a25
class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: N/A unloaded: modesetting,vesa
alternate: fbdev,intel dri: iris,nouveau gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Samsung 0x4164 built: 2021 res: mode: 3840x2400
hz: 60 scale: 150% (1.5) to: 2560x1600 dpi: 284 gamma: 1.2
size: 344x215mm (13.54x8.46") diag: 406mm (16") ratio: 16:10
modes: 3840x2400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.4 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-S)
device-ID: 8086:a788 memory: 61.01 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 3 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu
name: Intel Graphics (RPL-S) driver: mesa intel v: 25.2.4
device-ID: 8086:a788 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU driver: nvidia
v: 580.95.05 device-ID: 10de:28b9 surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 21.1.2 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 25.2.4 (LLVM 21.1.2) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
~ 08:42 $
Same here with Intel CPU 12900k and AMD Radeon 7900XTX. I didnāt install any proprietary drivers, I rely on the kernel only. Using KDE with Wayland but I just see the 3 dots then a bunch of errors as posted by other OPs. Rolled back to 6.17.2 for now.