Trying to install Slowroll on an AMD Ryzen 5 8600g APU

[linuxslantfan]

For the first time in many installations, I’m having trouble installing Slowroll and I’m somewhat perplexed.

I’ve been using SuSE and openSUSE since 1996 and although I’ve tried many of the most widely used distros over the years, I’ve always returned to using openSUSE Leap. Now that Leap is coming to the end of its line, I’ve switched my computers and my friends and relatives to Slowroll.

I’ve been using Slowroll for over a year and it’s performed very well on a wide range of PCs from an old HP notebook from 2012 with a dual core AMD A4-6400 to very new Framework 16 and Framework 13 notebooks (highly recommended! Slowroll has a number of Framework specific drivers for Framework notebooks and Slowroll runs very well on them) to a number of desktop PCs with Ryzen 2400g, 3400g, and 5600g APUs.

But I’ve run into a problem trying to install Slowroll on my own desktop with a brand new AMD Ryzen 8600g APU with integrated Radeon 760M video. Using the latest Slowroll full ISO or the latest Slowroll NET ISO, the installation routine starts but a green screen appears and the PC apparently hangs up and I have to power cycle it.

If I use the latest Live Tumbleweed ISO, it boots up to the KDE Plasma desktop but the video is 800 x 600 and Info Center lists the video graphic chip as llvmpipe instead of amdgpu. 800 x 600 is the only resolution available on my Dell 1920 x 1080 HDMI monitor when using the Radeon 760M video built into the Ryzen 8600g APU…

If I install a very old AMD 5450 video PCIe card I can boot up the Live Tumbleweed ISO to the KDE Plasma desktop and it displays 1920 x 1080 resolution but the Info Center still shows the graphics chip as llvmpipe, although it now offers a full list of resolutions from 1920 x 1080 on down. It would be much better to be able to use the much faster Radeon 760M video integrated into the Ryzen 5 8600g APU.

I’ve tried booting some other distros (AntiX, Endeavor, Red Hat, LMDE, KDE Neon, Kubuntu, MX Linux) and they all boot up to their desktop GUIs with the proper 1920 x 1080 resolution using the integrated Radeon 760M video with Info Center showing the AMD Ryzen 8600g APU with integrated Radeon 760M video. For some reason it appears that unlike the other distros I’ve tried, Slowroll and Tumbleweed are unable to correctly identify the Radeon 760M video that is integrated into the AMD Ryzen 5 8600g APU.

This reminds me somewhat of the situation when the first AMD Ryzen APUs came out in 2018 (Ryzen 5 2400). I was using Leap and the amdgpu video driver had not been backported yet to Leap, so Leap would not display a resolution higher than 1280 x 1024. I was advised at the time to use Tumbleweed. I tried Tumbleweed and, indeed, it did have the kernel version and the amdgpu driver which would work correctly with the integrated AMD Ryzen video in the early AMD Ryzen APUs.

A good friend of mine also has a new AMD Ryzen 8600g which he is eager to use to upgrade his existing desktop from an AMD Ryzen 2200g APU. I don’t want to help him upgrade his desktop to the AMD Ryzen 8600g until I know Slowroll works with mine.

Please give me any suggestions about what I can do to get Slowroll to install on my very new AMD Ryzen 8600g which is running on an MSI Pro B650M-P motherboard with the latest BIOS. I’ll be happy to provide any additional info or try installing patches that might help.

[deano_ferrari]

Does the failsafe install option work for you?

[linuxslantfan]

This is the inxi output from openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20250515-Media.iso. The monitor is a Dell ST2310f which is connected to the HDMI port on the MSI Pro B650M-P motherboard. The maximum resolution of the Dell monitor is 1920 x 1080. The openSUSE-Tumbleweed-KDE-Live-x86_64-Snapshot20250515-Media.iso boots up the KDE desktop to 800 x 600 resolution which is the only resolution that is available in the System Settings Display Configuration.

I’ve also included some other info which may be of help to solving the bug.

I was unable to obtain the same info when booting up the openSUSE-Slowroll-DVD-x86_64-Build32.1-Media.iso or the openSUSE-Slowroll-NET-x86_64.iso because I was unable to open a console when booting either of them. Whenever I try to boot them, the computer reboots before I can get to a console to run commands like inxi.

inxi -Gsaz
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1 vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: N/A alternate: amdgpu arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix
process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0f:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: vesa
alternate: fbdev gpu: N/A display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 800x600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 211x158mm (8.31x6.22")
s-diag: 264mm (10.38")
Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: None-1 res: mode: 800x600 hz: 60
scale: 100% (1) size: N/A modes: 800x600
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.0.5 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 3.2
direct-render: yes renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.3 256 bits)
device-ID: ffffffff:ffffffff memory: 29.74 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 1 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
20.1.3 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: api: glxinfo,vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 27.1 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A

lspci -vs 0f:00.0
0f:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1 (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 7e27
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 84, IOMMU group 26
Memory at fce0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f6200000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=2M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
Memory at f6700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: [48] Vendor Specific Information: Len=08 <?> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [64] Express Legacy Endpoint, IntMsgNum 0 Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/4 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [c0] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked- Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
Capabilities: [270] Secondary PCI Express
Capabilities: [2a0] Access Control Services
Capabilities: [2b0] Address Translation Service (ATS)
Capabilities: [2c0] Page Request Interface (PRI)
Capabilities: [2d0] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
Capabilities: [410] Physical Layer 16.0 GT/s <?>
Capabilities: [450] Lane Margining at the Receiver
Kernel modules: amdgpu

lshw -C display
*-display UNCLAIMED
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Phoenix1
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0f:00.0
version: 05
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix vga_controller cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: iomemory:fc0-fbf memory:fce0000000-fcefffffff memory:f6200000-f63fffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:f6700000-f677ffff

glxinfo | grep -E -i ‘device|memory’
Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.3, 256 bits) (0xffffffff)
Video memory: 31189MB
Unified memory: yes
Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo):
VBO free memory - total: 31 MB, largest block: 31 MB
VBO free aux. memory - total: 25643 MB, largest block: 25643 MB
Texture free memory - total: 31 MB, largest block: 31 MB
Texture free aux. memory - total: 25643 MB, largest block: 25643 MB
Renderbuffer free memory - total: 31 MB, largest block: 31 MB
Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 25643 MB, largest block: 25643 MB
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
Dedicated video memory: 4293989666 MB
Total available memory: 4294020855 MB
Currently available dedicated video memory: 31 MB
GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect, GL_AMD_pinned_memory,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GL_EXT_memory_object,
GL_EXT_memory_object_fd, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, GL_EXT_packed_float,
GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, GL_NV_alpha_to_coverage_dither_control,
GL_AMD_pinned_memory, GL_AMD_query_buffer_object,
GL_EXT_gpu_shader4, GL_EXT_memory_object, GL_EXT_memory_object_fd,
GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, GL_NV_ES1_1_compatibility,
GL_EXT_map_buffer_range, GL_EXT_memory_object, GL_EXT_memory_object_fd,

Excerpt from dmesg:

May 23 00:06:21 localhost kernel: Linux version 6.14.6-1-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc (SUSE Linux) 14.2.1 20250430 [revision 3418d740b344e0ba38022f3bed90540ec3de35dd], GNU ld (GNU Binutils; openSUSE Tumbleweed) 2.43.1.20241209-6) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue May 13 09:56:22 UTC 2025 (ad69173)
May 23 00:06:21 localhost kernel: Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(cd0)/boot/x86_64/loader/linux splash=silent quiet systemd.show_status=yes root=live:CDLABEL=openSUSE_Tumbleweed_KDE_Live rd.live.image rd.live.overlay.persistent rd.live.overlay.cowfs=ext4

…

May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu: Virtual CRAT table created for CPU
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu: Topology: Add CPU node
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: enabling device (0006 → 0007)
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (IP DISCOVERY 0x1002:0x15BF 0x1462:0x7E27 0x05).
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm] register mmio base: 0xF6700000
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm] register mmio size: 524288
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 0 <soc21_common>
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 1 <gmc_v11_0>
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 2 <ih_v6_0>
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 3
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 4
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 5
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 6 <gfx_v11_0>
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 7 <sdma_v6_0>
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 8 <vcn_v4_0>
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 9 <jpeg_v4_0>
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: detected ip block number 10 <mes_v11_0>
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: Fetched VBIOS from VFCT
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu: ATOM BIOS: 113-PHXGENERIC-001
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: Direct firmware load for amdgpu/psp_13_0_4_toc.bin failed with error -2
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm:amdgpu_device_init.cold [amdgpu]] ERROR early_init of IP block failed -19
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: Direct firmware load for amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_pfp.bin failed with error -2
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm:amdgpu_device_init.cold [amdgpu]] ERROR early_init of IP block <gfx_v11_0> failed -19
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: hid-generic 0003:04CA:004B.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Lite-On Technology Corp. USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:0d:00.0-7/input0
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: input: Lite-On Technology Corp. USB Keyboard Consumer Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:0c.0/0000:0d:00.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.1/0003:04CA:004B.0003/input/input8
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: Direct firmware load for amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_mes_2.bin failed with error -2
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: try to fall back to gc_11_0_1_mes.bin
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: Direct firmware load for amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_mes.bin failed with error -2
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm:amdgpu_device_init.cold [amdgpu]] ERROR early_init of IP block <mes_v11_0> failed -19
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: Fatal error during GPU init
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: amdgpu: finishing device.
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: input: Lite-On Technology Corp. USB Keyboard System Control as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:0c.0/0000:0d:00.0/usb1/1-7/1-7:1.1/0003:04CA:004B.0003/input/input9
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: hid-generic 0003:04CA:004B.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Device [Lite-On Technology Corp. USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:0d:00.0-7/input1
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: input: Logitech Optical USB Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.1/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:0c.0/0000:0d:00.0/usb1/1-8/1-8:1.0/0003:046D:C016.0004/input/input10
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: hid-generic 0003:046D:C016.0004: input,hidraw3: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech Optical USB Mouse] on usb-0000:0d:00.0-8/input0

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Here, for comparison, is MX-23.6.1_KDE_x64.iso which does correctly identify the Radeon 760M integrated video in the AMD Ryzen 5 8600g APU and sets the Dell monitor to 1920 x 1080 resolution:

inxi -Gsaz
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Phoenix1 vendor: Micro-Star MSI Phoenix driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2022+
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,
DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7 bus-ID: 0f:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf
class-ID: 0300 temp: 22.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,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-A-0 model: Dell ST2310 serial:
built: 2010 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2
size: 510x287mm (20.08x11.3") diag: 585mm (23") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.8-1mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics
(radeonsi gfx1103_r1 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49 6.1.0-35-amd64)
direct-render: Yes
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 25.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 22.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A

lspci -vs 0f:00.0
0f:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1 (rev 05) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Phoenix
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 60, IOMMU group 25
Memory at fce0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at f6200000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=2M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=256]
Memory at f6700000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: [48] Vendor Specific Information: Len=08 <?> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Capabilities: [64] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/4 Maskable- 64bit+ Capabilities: [c0] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=4 Masked- Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
Capabilities: [270] Secondary PCI Express
Capabilities: [2a0] Access Control Services
Capabilities: [2b0] Address Translation Service (ATS)
Capabilities: [2c0] Page Request Interface (PRI)
Capabilities: [2d0] Process Address Space ID (PASID)
Capabilities: [410] Physical Layer 16.0 GT/s <?> Capabilities: [450] Lane Margining at the Receiver <?>
Kernel driver in use: amdgpu
Kernel modules: amdgpu

lshw -C display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Phoenix1
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0f:00.0
logical name: /dev/fb0
version: 05
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi msix vga_controller bus_master cap_list fb
configuration: depth=32 driver=amdgpu latency=0 mode=1920x1080 resolution=1920,1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080
resources: iomemory:fc0-fbf irq:60 memory:fce0000000-fcefffffff memory:f6200000-f63fffff ioport:f000(size=256) memory:f6700000-f677ffff

glxinfo | grep -E -i ‘device|memory’
Device: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi, gfx1103_r1, LLVM 15.0.6, DRM 3.49, 6.1.0-35-amd64) (0x15bf)
Video memory: 512MB
Unified memory: no
Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo):
VBO free memory - total: 105 MB, largest block: 105 MB
VBO free aux. memory - total: 15413 MB, largest block: 15413 MB
Texture free memory - total: 105 MB, largest block: 105 MB
Texture free aux. memory - total: 15413 MB, largest block: 15413 MB
Renderbuffer free memory - total: 105 MB, largest block: 105 MB
Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 15413 MB, largest block: 15413 MB
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
Dedicated video memory: 512 MB
Total available memory: 16108 MB
Currently available dedicated video memory: 105 MB
GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect, GL_AMD_pinned_memory,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB, GL_EXT_memory_object, GL_EXT_memory_object_fd,
GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, GL_NV_alpha_to_coverage_dither_control,
GL_AMD_pinned_memory, GL_AMD_query_buffer_object,
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_gpu_shader4, GL_EXT_memory_object,
GL_EXT_memory_object_fd, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info, GL_NV_ES1_1_compatibility,
GL_EXT_instanced_arrays, GL_EXT_map_buffer_range, GL_EXT_memory_object,
GL_EXT_memory_object_fd, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,

Excerpt from dmesg:

[ 0.000000] Linux version 6.1.0-35-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14+deb12u1) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.137-1 (2025-05-07)
[ 0.000000] Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash
[ 0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000009ffff] usable
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000000a0000-0x00000000000fffff] reserved
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x0000000009e01fff] usable
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000009e02000-0x0000000009ffffff] reserved
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000a000000-0x000000000a1fffff] usable
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000a200000-0x000000000a23bfff] ACPI NVS
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000a23c000-0x000000000affffff] usable
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000b000000-0x000000000b020fff] reserved

[ 6.433922] [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.
[ 6.436396] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain package
[ 6.436398] intel_rapl_common: Found RAPL domain core
[ 6.440023] amdgpu: CRAT table not found
[ 6.440025] amdgpu: Virtual CRAT table created for CPU
[ 6.440034] amdgpu: Topology: Add CPU node
[ 6.440258] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: enabling device (0006 → 0007)
[ 6.440302] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (IP DISCOVERY 0x1002:0x15BF 0x1462:0x7E27 0x05).
[ 6.440308] [drm] register mmio base: 0xF6700000
[ 6.440309] [drm] register mmio size: 524288
[ 6.441760] [drm] add ip block number 0 <soc21_common>
[ 6.441761] [drm] add ip block number 1 <gmc_v11_0>
[ 6.441762] [drm] add ip block number 2 <ih_v6_0>
[ 6.441762] [drm] add ip block number 3
[ 6.441763] [drm] add ip block number 4
[ 6.441764] [drm] add ip block number 5
[ 6.441764] [drm] add ip block number 6 <gfx_v11_0>
[ 6.441765] [drm] add ip block number 7 <sdma_v6_0>
[ 6.441766] [drm] add ip block number 8 <vcn_v4_0>
[ 6.441767] [drm] add ip block number 9 <jpeg_v4_0>
[ 6.441767] [drm] add ip block number 10 <mes_v11_0>
[ 6.441785] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: Fetched VBIOS from VFCT
[ 6.441787] amdgpu: ATOM BIOS: 113-PHXGENERIC-001
[ 6.441792] [drm] VCN(0) encode/decode are enabled in VM mode
[ 6.441793] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: [drm:jpeg_v4_0_early_init [amdgpu]] JPEG decode is enabled in VM mode
[ 6.443285] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_mes_2.bin
[ 6.444469] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_mes1.bin
[ 6.444604] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 6.444629] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: Trusted Memory Zone (TMZ) feature enabled
[ 6.444685] [drm] vm size is 262144 GB, 4 levels, block size is 9-bit, fragment size is 9-bit
[ 6.444705] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: VRAM: 512M 0x0000008000000000 - 0x000000801FFFFFFF (512M used)
[ 6.444707] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: GART: 512M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x000000001FFFFFFF
[ 6.444720] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=512M, BAR=512M
[ 6.444721] [drm] RAM width 64bits DDR5
[ 6.444756] [drm] amdgpu: 512M of VRAM memory ready
[ 6.444757] [drm] amdgpu: 15596M of GTT memory ready.
[ 6.444763] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
[ 6.445256] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x0000008000500000).
[ 6.446784] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/psp_13_0_4_toc.bin
[ 6.447354] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/psp_13_0_4_ta.bin
[ 6.447357] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: PSP runtime database doesn’t exist
[ 6.447358] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: PSP runtime database doesn’t exist
[ 6.449981] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/dcn_3_1_4_dmcub.bin
[ 6.449985] [drm] Loading DMUB firmware via PSP: version=0x08004E00
[ 6.450683] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_imu.bin
[ 6.450985] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_pfp.bin
[ 6.451768] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_me.bin
[ 6.452004] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_rlc.bin
[ 6.452319] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_mec.bin
[ 6.454091] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/sdma_6_0_1.bin
[ 6.456876] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: firmware: direct-loading firmware amdgpu/vcn_4_0_2.bin
[ 6.456879] [drm] Found VCN firmware Version ENC: 1.23 DEC: 9 VEP: 0 Revision: 15
[ 6.456886] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: Will use PSP to load VCN firmware
[ 6.456982] [drm] max_doorbell_slices=255
[ 6.482017] [drm] reserve 0x4a00000 from 0x8010000000 for PSP TMR
[ 7.148053] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: RAS: optional ras ta ucode is not available
[ 7.156463] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: RAP: optional rap ta ucode is not available
[ 7.156465] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: SECUREDISPLAY: securedisplay ta ucode is not available
[ 7.182109] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: SMU is initialized successfully!
[ 7.182982] [drm] Display Core initialized with v3.2.207!
[ 7.184939] [drm] DMUB hardware initialized: version=0x08004E00
[ 7.206014] snd_hda_intel 0000:0f:00.1: bound 0000:0f:00.0 (ops amdgpu_dm_audio_component_bind_ops [amdgpu])
[ 7.234553] [drm] kiq ring mec 3 pipe 1 q 0
[ 7.236989] [drm] VCN decode and encode initialized successfully(under DPG Mode).
[ 7.237023] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: [drm:jpeg_v4_0_hw_init [amdgpu]] JPEG decode initialized successfully.
[ 7.239282] kfd kfd: amdgpu: Allocated 3969056 bytes on gart
[ 7.239534] amdgpu: sdma_bitmap: fc
[ 7.239617] amdgpu: SRAT table not found
[ 7.239618] amdgpu: Virtual CRAT table created for GPU
[ 7.239731] amdgpu: Topology: Add dGPU node [0x15bf:0x1002]
[ 7.239733] kfd kfd: amdgpu: added device 1002:15bf
[ 7.239742] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: SE 1, SH per SE 2, CU per SH 6, active_cu_number 8
[ 7.239802] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring gfx_0.0.0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 0
[ 7.239803] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.0 uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 0
[ 7.239804] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.0 uses VM inv eng 4 on hub 0
[ 7.239805] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.0 uses VM inv eng 6 on hub 0
[ 7.239806] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.0 uses VM inv eng 7 on hub 0
[ 7.239807] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.0.1 uses VM inv eng 8 on hub 0
[ 7.239808] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.1.1 uses VM inv eng 9 on hub 0
[ 7.239809] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.2.1 uses VM inv eng 10 on hub 0
[ 7.239810] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring comp_1.3.1 uses VM inv eng 11 on hub 0
[ 7.239811] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring sdma0 uses VM inv eng 12 on hub 0
[ 7.239811] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring vcn_unified_0 uses VM inv eng 0 on hub 1
[ 7.239812] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring jpeg_dec uses VM inv eng 1 on hub 1
[ 7.239813] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: amdgpu: ring mes_kiq_3.1.0 uses VM inv eng 13 on hub 0
[ 7.241117] [drm] ring gfx_32768.1.1 was added
[ 7.241856] [drm] ring compute_32768.2.2 was added
[ 7.242543] [drm] ring sdma_32768.3.3 was added
[ 7.242554] [drm] ring gfx_32768.1.1 test pass
[ 7.242596] [drm] ring gfx_32768.1.1 ib test pass
[ 7.242601] [drm] ring compute_32768.2.2 test pass
[ 7.242651] [drm] ring compute_32768.2.2 ib test pass
[ 7.242667] [drm] ring sdma_32768.3.3 test pass
[ 7.242711] [drm] ring sdma_32768.3.3 ib test pass
[ 7.245310] [drm] Initialized amdgpu 3.49.0 20150101 for 0000:0f:00.0 on minor 0
[ 7.248151] fbcon: amdgpudrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 7.248245] [drm] DSC precompute is not needed.
[ 7.664009] [drm] REG_WAIT timeout 1us * 100000 tries - optc314_disable_crtc line:146
[ 7.714884] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 240x67
[ 7.733576] amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: [drm] fb0: amdgpudrmfb frame buffer device
[ 8.060067] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[ 8.064990] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 8.191130] networking done
[ 8.273068] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
[ 8.273071] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[ 8.273072] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[ 8.273072] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
[ 8.282737] FS-Cache: Loaded

[deano_ferrari]

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The inxi output you shared shows no driver loaded with the problem boot (amdgpu driver listed as alternate), unlike the MX-23.6.1 iso boot.

There is a problem loading the required firmware…

May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: Direct firmware load for amdgpu/psp_13_0_4_toc.bin failed with error -2
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm:amdgpu_device_init.cold [amdgpu]] ERROR early_init of IP block failed -19
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: amdgpu 0000:0f:00.0: Direct firmware load for amdgpu/gc_11_0_1_pfp.bin failed with error -2
May 23 00:06:25 localhost kernel: [drm:amdgpu_device_init.cold [amdgpu]] ERROR early_init of IP block <gfx_v11_0> failed -19

That needs further investigation.

[hcvv]

@linuxslantfan

Now that Leap is coming to the end of its line

??? Please explain ???

[linuxslantfan]

@linuxslantfan

Leap is coming to the end of its line

I’m sorry if I have caused confusion by saying that “Leap is coming to the end of its line.” What I meant by that was that Leap 16.0 will be released in October, 2025. As far as I know, Leap 16.0 will be the last version of Leap.

When Leap 16.0 reaches the end of its support, there will be a number of alternatives for users who will be using Leap 16.0.

One alternative will be the openSUSE Micro Linux.

Another alternative will be either openSUSE Tumbleweed or Slowroll.

Or another of the many Linux distros.

I’ve been using SuSE and openSUSE since 1996. I’ve tried many of the other Linux distros but have always found that openSUSE distros have been the best for me and my friends and relatives that I’ve switched from Windows and Macs to openSUSE. For the past year I’ve been using openSUSE Slowroll on my PCs and have been installing it for my friends and relatives. Slowroll has been working well for me and the people who have been using it.

[deano_ferrari]

@linuxslantfan

If I use the latest Live Tumbleweed ISO, it boots up to the KDE Plasma desktop but the video is 800 x 600 and Info Center lists the video graphic chip as llvmpipe instead of amdgpu. 800 x 600 is the only resolution available on my Dell 1920 x 1080 HDMI monitor when using the Radeon 760M video built into the Ryzen 8600g APU…

Check missing firmware…
ls /lib/firmware/amdgpu/

Can you at least install TW perhaps? Switch to Slowroll after that perhaps?

How to migrate from Tumbleweed to Slowroll?

Migrating to OpenSuse Slowroll: Steps overview: Change repos to Slowroll Logout of DE and switch to console tty1 nmtui > activate wireless connection Refresh repos Try to async ref/dup-download, may fail on conflicts that have to be manually resolved (only applicable when using zypperoni, ignore otherwise) zypper dup with allow downgrade/name/vendor/arch change Note: if an RPM fails to install due to a script, ignore it and move on. Fix it at the end by running dup again and by looking at wh…

[deano_ferrari]

@linuxslantfan

But I’ve run into a problem trying to install Slowroll on my own desktop with a brand new AMD Ryzen 8600g APU with integrated Radeon 760M video. Using the latest Slowroll full ISO or the latest Slowroll NET ISO, the installation routine starts but a green screen appears and the PC apparently hangs up and I have to power cycle it.

Another option…try the new Agama installer:

Hello from Agama | Agama

[knurpht]

@Svyatko

TW devs want to drop Leap, but SUSE uses Leap as a substitution for SLED.

No, that is wrong.

• SLED does not exist anymore, only SLE
• TW devs do not want to drop Leap
• SLE 16 will of course get Service Packs in the future, we will see those as Leap 16.x
• Leap is not a SUSE substition for SLED

[linuxslantfan]

Thank you for the suggestions for how I can get Slowroll to install on my new AMD Ryzen 5 8600g cpu. I’m determined to get Slowroll working on my Ryzen 5 8600g because I’ve been using SuSE and openSUSE since I started using Linux 29 years ago and, although I’ve encountered a number of bugs and glitches along the way, with the generous help of the openSUSE Forums and Bugzilla, I’ve always been able keep a working openSUSE installation.

I know Linux runs and runs well on the Ryzen 5 8600g cpu and its AMD Radeon 760M integrated gpu because AntiX, Endeavor, Red Hat, LMDE, KDE Neon, Kubuntu and MX Linux all work just fine on the Ryzen 5 8600g cpu.

But the latest versions of Slowroll, Tumbleweed, and Leap 16 Beta don’t work so far.

Thanks for the suggestion of installing Tumbleweed and then switching to using the Slowroll repos. Unfortunately this doesn’t work since Tumbleweed won’t install.

I tried using the agama-installer-Leap.x86_64-Leap.iso and it locked up with a kernel panic.

I tried using the agama-installer.x86_64-openSUSE.iso and choose to try installing Slowroll. This appeared to install correctly and appeared to run to completion, but when I got to the point where the installer rebooted after the installation finished, I didn’t get to the KDE Plasma desktop but ended up at a console prompt. I was able to login and run startx but got an error message which said:

“You did not install any X-Server (e.g. Xorg)! Please install at least one server to start X. I’m aborting now.”

I started the console version of YaST and installed the xorg-x11-server, xf86-video-amdgpu (23.0.0), amdgpu_top (0.10.4), criu-plugin-amdgpu (4.1), kernel-firmware-amdgpu (20250419), and libdrm-amdgpu1 (2.4.124).

I rebooted but still was not able to get to the KDE Plasma desktop.

Here’s the output of inxi -Gsaz:

System:
  Kernel: 6.14.6-1.0.4.sr20250501-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.14.6-1.0.4.sr20250501-default
    root=UUID=0c460a35-f17d-418e-8bf7-908f9c40d2aa mitigations=auto quiet security=apparmor
  Console: tty 1 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed-Slowroll 20250501
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1 vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix process: TSMC n4 (4nm) built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6,
    DP-7, Writeback-1 bus-ID: 0f:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf class-ID: 0300 temp: 21.0 C
  Display: unspecified server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,vesa alternate: fbdev dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu tty: 240x67
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Dell ST2310 serial: <filter> built: 2010 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 96
    gamma: 1.2 size: 510x287mm (20.08x11.3") diag: 585mm (23") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
    min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console for root.
  Info: Tools: api: glxinfo gpu: amdgpu_top x11: xrandr

So that’s where I am for now.

[deano_ferrari]

Ok, this is the first account I’ve read of such troubles. Anyway, assuming that you have internet connectivity, try to install KDE Plasma (from a root console) with

zypper install -t pattern kde kde_plasma

[deano_ferrari]

Once you have the desktop environment installed, you may need to enable sddm with

systemctl enable sddm

so that starts at boot.

FWIW, I’m not using an X-server at all on my main laptop. I have SDDM starting in Wayland mode, as well as Plasma itself. No problems whatsoever, albeit Intel graphics hardware.

[mrmazda]

Are all the following 6 packages installed?

 Name                | Type    | Version      | Arch   | Repository
---------------------+---------+--------------+--------+-----------
 patterns-base-x11   | package | 20241218-9.1 | x86_64 | OSS
 plasma6-session     | package | 6.3.5-1.1    | noarch | Update
 plasma6-session-x11 | package | 6.3.5-1.1    | x86_64 | Update
 sddm                | package | 0.21.0-5.1   | x86_64 | OSS
 x11                 | pattern | 20241218-9.1 | x86_64 | OSS
 xorg-x11            | package | 7.6_1-17.1   | noarch | OSS

[deano_ferrari]

Installing the desired desktop will bring in all that is necessary.