Opensuse 12.3 and kernel 3.7.10-1.16 problem

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Hello;

I am using opensuse 12.3 with kernel 3.7.10-1.16 and it is giving me the below error which seems it is related to the kernel. Is there newer kernel to upgrade for it? I did zypper refresh and zupper up but still the kernel the same, and I did search for the kernels to do upgrade but did not find newer than this kernel, although I read in this link which is talking about the same error that I am facing “[Bug 826322] New: X server switches to llvmpipe after kernel-desktop sec](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2013-06/msg01968.html)” that there is newer kernel 3.9.7 and 3.10rc6 (Is it really there is)?

OK, what is the solution to resolve this error? Do I have to downgrade the kernel? If yes, how to downgrade? Please note that this kernel is the first kernel I have in the installation (in other words, I did not upgrade from older kernel, so how I can downgrade?)

The error:

 1.274132] [drm:drm_pci_agp_init] *ERROR* Cannot initialize the agpgart module
[1.274726] DRM: Fill_in_dev failed](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2013-06/msg01968.html)

Appreciate the kindly help.

Regards
Bilal

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Until today I thought that `DRM’ would be the abbreviation for ‘Digital Rights Management’ …

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You gave zero information about your hardware and such error is obviously hardware specific. Nor do you say whether it worked in earlier 12.3 kernels (this is not the kernel that would be installed initially).

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Please note that this kernel is the first kernel I have in the installation (in other words, I did not upgrade from older kernel, so how I can downgrade?)
You are mistaken

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Hi Bilal,

I’m not sure which kernel is included in the original opensuse installation, but taking that the previous posters are correct, you can boot other kernels from the grub menu “Advanced options”. Two entries belong to one kernel (standard and recovery), so you only need to boot the 3rd, 5th and so on option. The order is descending - the newer kernels are at the top; please and go through the list and tell us if one of the options gives you a clean boot.

If so:
You can go to YaST -> Software, search for “kernel-desktop” and uninstall the version you have trouble with.
And do us the favor and post a short description what you did to solve it. Maybe other users with the same issue can benefit from it.

If not:
You can boot the recovery-mode (even entries in “Advanced options”) but presumably you might not get a graphical interface. But in this case we’d be happy to help you further with the command line.

In all cases please provide information about your processor and graphic-card (I assume this is the problem).

Best wishes
Simon

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Hello;

I installed old kernels and I used it (by selecting it in the booting), but did not work … still the same error.

Below are the information of the hardware:

CPU:

Architecture: x86_64
CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order: Little Endian
CPU(s): 8
On-line CPU(s) list: 0-7
Thread(s) per core: 2
Core(s) per socket: 4
Socket(s): 1
NUMA node(s): 1
Vendor ID: GenuineIntel
CPU family: 6
Model: 58
Stepping: 9
CPU MHz: 1600.000
BogoMIPS: 6784.77
Virtualization: VT-x
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 256K
L3 cache: 8192K
NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7

Graphics and others:

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Q77 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation 82801 SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2000(A)/XIO2200A PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Digium, Inc. Wildcard AEX800 8-port analog card (PCI-Express) (rev 11)

Any help?

Regards
Bilal

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How about booting from a Live CD/USB ? Does that work?

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I can only suggest to add your case to bug you already found. You have also Intel GPU so likely the same problem. You can either downgrade kernel as indicated in this bug report and lock it or install newer kernel. It is really up to you.

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Where I can open the bug?

Regards
Bilal

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/index.cgi

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You yourself gave link to an opened bug. Why do you want to open yet another one? This will not help in problem resolution in any way.

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Hi Bilal,

Have you tried Knurpht’s proposal? Have you actually installed opensuse and used it without issues before the error occurred?

Maybe you could try to boot the 13.1 beta with kernel 3.11 from a CD/USB and see if the issue has been solved in the meantime: software.opensuse.org: Download openSUSE 13.1 Beta 1

Regards
Simon