So, I’m having a really nasty issue, and I’m beginning to wonder if it’s a bug with Intel’s kernel drivers, or Xorgs.
When booting Fedora 35 normally, the system hangs so completely that I can’t even use the reset button on my motherboard about half the time. However, if I add “nomodeset” to the kernel parameters, system boots ok, with the obvious caveat that the GPU is not being used at all. So, with that out of the way, I found this via “journalctl”:
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live dbus-broker[819]: A security policy denied :1.34 to send method call /org/freedesktop/PackageK>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live dbus-broker[819]: A security policy denied :1.34 to send method call /org/freedesktop/PackageK>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live realmd[1364]: Loaded settings from: /usr/lib/realmd/realmd-defaults.conf /usr/lib/realmd/realm>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live realmd[1364]: holding daemon: startup
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live realmd[1364]: starting service
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live realmd[1364]: connected to bus
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live realmd[1364]: GLib-GIO: _g_io_module_get_default: Found default implementation local (GLocalVf>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live realmd[1364]: released daemon: startup
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live realmd[1364]: claimed name on bus: org.freedesktop.realmd
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live systemd[1]: Started Realm and Domain Configuration.
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live systemd[1]: Starting Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles...
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[1047]: dbus-daemon[1047]: [session uid=42 pid=1047] Activatin>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[1047]: dbus-daemon[1047]: [session uid=42 pid=1047] Activatin>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live /usr/libexec/gdm-wayland-session[1047]: dbus-daemon[1047]: [session uid=42 pid=1047] Successfu>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live spice-vdagent[1383]: vdagent virtio channel /dev/virtio-ports/com.redhat.spice.0 does not exis>
Mar 24 14:44:49 localhost-live gnome-session-binary[1048]: Entering running state
Mar 24 14:44:50 localhost-live systemd[1]: Started Manage, Install and Generate Color Profiles.
Mar 24 14:44:50 localhost-live audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init>
Mar 24 14:44:53 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 7:0:00000000
Mar 24 14:44:53 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Resetting rcs0 for stopped heartbeat on rcs0
Mar 24 14:44:56 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 7:0:00000000
Mar 24 14:44:56 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* failed to set rcs0 head to zero ctl 00000000 head 000>
Mar 24 14:44:56 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Resetting rcs0 for stopped heartbeat on rcs0
Mar 24 14:44:59 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 7:0:00000000
Mar 24 14:44:59 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* failed to set rcs0 head to zero ctl 00000000 head 000>
Mar 24 14:44:59 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Resetting rcs0 for stopped heartbeat on rcs0
Mar 24 14:45:02 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 7:0:00000000
Mar 24 14:45:02 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* failed to set rcs0 head to zero ctl 00000000 head 000>
Mar 24 14:45:02 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Resetting rcs0 for stopped heartbeat on rcs0
Mar 24 14:45:05 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 7:0:00000000
Mar 24 14:45:05 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* failed to set rcs0 head to zero ctl 00000000 head 000>
Mar 24 14:45:05 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Resetting rcs0 for stopped heartbeat on rcs0
Mar 24 14:45:08 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] GPU HANG: ecode 7:0:00000000
Mar 24 14:45:08 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* failed to set rcs0 head to zero ctl 00000000 head 000>
Mar 24 14:45:08 localhost-live kernel: i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] Resetting rcs0 for stopped heartbeat on rcs0
Seems the gpu is hanging upon loading into gnome. Now, keep in mind, I’ve also had this issue (and variants of this exact issue) on other linux distros, so maybe this is something upstream that’s causing it.
That also being said, I did try to pull a Xorg.X.log from /var/log, and there are only logs that are generated on successful boots with nomodeset, so Xorg is crashing before it can generate any logs whatsoever.
I have tried following the Intel Graphics Arch Linux wiki, and enabled “intel_idle.max_cstate=1 i915.enable_dc=0 ahci.mobile_lpm_policy=1” in various combinations, and on any kernel newer than 4.18 (tested in Red Hat clones), the same crash/hard freeze occurs.
Here’s my hardware specs for reference:
Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H motherboard, using F10e BIOS (Also happens with F9 as well, stock settings)
Intel Core I5-4670k, stock clocks
24GB of GSkill DDR3-2133 RAM, set currently to XMP mode (issue still occurs regardless of RAM setting)
No discrete GPU.
3 HDD’s (mix of 1 Firecuda, 1 ST320, and ST3200 series), running in AHCI mode.
INXI output:
CPU: quad core Intel Core i5-4670K (-MCP-) speed/min/max: 1021/800/3800 MHz
Kernel: 5.16.16-200.fc35.x86_64 x86_64 Up: 39m Mem: 2196.7/23921.4 MiB (9.2%)
Storage: 3.94 TiB (0.1% used) Procs: 589 Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.13
If anyone can assist with this, it would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I managed to ssh into the system while hung, and ive attached the resulting dmesg output live.