Something wrong with kernel?

17 June 2020, 17:22:26

Hi again guys!

Today I updated my desktop and upon rebooting the GUI wasn't working, so I decided to try another kernel - the linux-zen kernel from the arch repos, turns out this solved my problem... so my question is, why isn't the normal kernel working for me? I use NVIDIA nonfree drivers, I tried reinstalling the kernel and the dkms package but no luck that way, the zen kernel seems to work though. I have an nvidia GTX 1070 Ti.

for some reason my other computer seems to work with the latest nvidia nonfree drivers which is odd I think.... it has a nvidia GT 1030, running the normal Linux kernel in the artix repos

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #1 – 17 June 2020, 17:30:20

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so my question is, why isn't the normal kernel working for me?

answer you find in magic place, which call "/var/log". here you find logs f.e. Xorg.0.log and you can see your problem

are you sure, that for you installed linux-zen is from archlinux and not OUR linux-zen ??

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pacman -Qi linux-zen nvidia-dkms

because only archlinux nvidia driver works with archlinux's kernel. and ONLY artixlinux's nvidia driver works with artixlinux's kernel.

is impossible mixing archlinux kernel/nvidia driver with artixlinux driver/kernel, due different signature of gcc.

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #2 – 17 June 2020, 19:30:22

Ah you're right Alium, I didn't know you guys had your own Linux-zen! I am indeed using that Linux-zen!

how can I get the info from /var/log ? Would I need to boot my computer with the not-working kernel and somehow copy the file so it doesn't get erased or something? I'm sorry I'm so hard to help lol

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #3 – 17 June 2020, 19:34:39

here is the xorg.0.log

https://pastebin.com/DAvc1taz

here is the xorg.0.log.old

https://pastebin.com/B10MgKL8

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #4 – 17 June 2020, 20:09:03

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(EE) client bug: timer event8 debounce short: scheduled expiry is in the past (-3ms), your system is too slow

hmm, what for strange error, never saw of such error before

your computer works now normally with inux-zen? i mean, can you start DE? if yes, can be kernel bug.

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #5 – 19 June 2020, 15:40:36

I found the opposite effect today when rebooting into the latest linux-zen:
upgraded linux-zen (5.7.2.zen1-1 -> 5.7.3.zen1-1)
It boots normally to desktop start, but I got a black screen with a cursor on it. CTRL ALT F* just went to a black empty screen with no cursor. Booting the standard kernel from GRUB menu which luckily I still had installed works normally.

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #6 – 21 June 2020, 17:42:26

upgraded linux-zen (5.7.3.zen1-1 -> 5.7.4.zen1-1)
It works now, and the std linux kernel is still fine too.

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #7 – 21 June 2020, 22:22:15

seems as kernel bug...
please mark this as solved please

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #8 – 24 June 2020, 01:46:56

Hi!,

I have problems with Artix kernels too, i.e: linux and linux-zen packages for both versions 5.7.3 and 5.7.4
I have a usb wifi antenna.
Since I updated to 5.7.3 last week this antenna doesnt work. It doesnt event turn its light on. It worked fine till 5.7.3.

I'm using the Archlinux [core] kernel now on mi Aritx installtion. The antena works ok.
I tried the antenna today with the Artix 5.7.4 kernel today. It doesn't work eather. So I switched back to Archlinux kernel.

For switching kernels, I use Archlinux
linux-zen-5.5.7.zen1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
linux-firmware-20200224.efcfa03-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
packages

Here are some information of the system:

Artix runing on Archlinux kernel (works ok)
linux-zen-5.5.7.zen1-1
linux-firmware-20200224.efcfa03-1

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$ uname -a
Linux aerosq 5.5.7-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Sat, 29 Feb 2020 19:05:56 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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$ dmesg
(...)
[  121.930447] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[  121.955364] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08
[  121.955367] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[  121.955369] usb 1-5: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
[  121.955371] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[  121.955373] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 12345
[  122.147639] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[  122.156129] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[  122.156189] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[  122.156191] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
[  122.343558] usb 1-5: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested
[  122.343924] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
[  122.655743] usb 1-5: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008
[  122.907867] ath9k_htc 1-5:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
[  123.203005] ath9k_htc 1-5:1.0: ath9k_htc: FW Version: 1.4
[  123.203007] ath9k_htc 1-5:1.0: FW RMW support: On
[  123.203009] ath: EEPROM regdomain: 0x809c
[  123.203010] ath: EEPROM indicates we should expect a country code
[  123.203011] ath: doing EEPROM country->regdmn map search
[  123.203012] ath: country maps to regdmn code: 0x52
[  123.203014] ath: Country alpha2 being used: CN
[  123.203014] ath: Regpair used: 0x52
[  123.207866] ieee80211 phy0: Atheros AR9271 Rev:1
[  123.234067] ath9k_htc 1-5:1.0 wlp0s29f7u5: renamed from wlan0
[  127.053046] wlp0s29f7u5: authenticate with 60:de:f3:97:8c:74
[  127.399302] wlp0s29f7u5: send auth to 60:de:f3:97:8c:74 (try 1/3)
[  127.410329] wlp0s29f7u5: authenticated
[  127.411530] wlp0s29f7u5: associate with 60:de:f3:97:8c:74 (try 1/3)
[  127.416534] wlp0s29f7u5: RX AssocResp from 60:de:f3:97:8c:74 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=2)
[  127.425127] wlp0s29f7u5: associated
[  127.521596] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlp0s29f7u5: link becomes ready

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$ lsusb -s 001:004
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n

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$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 90112  4
fuse                  151552  4
ccm                    20480  9
cmac                   16384  5
algif_hash             20480  2
algif_skcipher         16384  2
af_alg                 36864  10 algif_hash,algif_skcipher
bnep                   32768  2
ath9k_htc              98304  0
ath9k_common           40960  1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw              565248  2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     81920  4
ath                    36864  3 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
mac80211             1069056  2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
snd_hda_codec_realtek   147456  1
mousedev               24576  0
snd_hda_codec_generic   114688  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
input_leds             16384  0
ledtrig_audio          16384  2 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
joydev                 28672  0
snd_hda_intel          49152  4
snd_intel_dspcfg       28672  1 snd_hda_intel
btusb                  69632  0
snd_hda_codec         176128  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
btrtl                  24576  1 btusb
btbcm                  16384  1 btusb
snd_hda_core          114688  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
btintel                32768  1 btusb
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
cfg80211              884736  4 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common,ath,mac80211
bluetooth             716800  33 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
sg                     45056  0
snd_pcm               159744  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
gpio_ich               16384  0
ecdh_generic           16384  2 bluetooth
ecc                    36864  1 ecdh_generic
rfkill                 32768  5 bluetooth,cfg80211
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
snd_timer              45056  1 snd_pcm
crypto_user            16384  0
ppdev                  24576  0
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
libarc4                16384  1 mac80211
snd                   114688  16 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
soundcore              16384  1 snd
evdev                  24576  13
r8169                 114688  0
coretemp               20480  0
lpc_ich                28672  0
parport_pc             53248  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
mac_hid                16384  0
parport                61440  2 parport_pc,ppdev
realtek                24576  1
intel_agp              24576  0
i2c_i801               36864  0
libphy                122880  2 r8169,realtek
intel_gtt              24576  1 intel_agp
rng_core               20480  0
acpi_cpufreq           28672  0
ext4                  811008  1
crc32c_generic         16384  2
crc16                  16384  2 bluetooth,ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  135168  1 ext4
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 65536  0
hid                   147456  2 usbhid,hid_generic
sr_mod                 28672  0
sd_mod                 61440  3
cdrom                  77824  1 sr_mod
ata_generic            16384  0
pata_acpi              16384  0
ata_piix               36864  2
uhci_hcd               57344  0
libata                311296  3 ata_piix,pata_acpi,ata_generic
scsi_mod              266240  4 sd_mod,libata,sg,sr_mod
ehci_pci               20480  0
ehci_hcd              106496  1 ehci_pci
nouveau              2445312  3
mxm_wmi                16384  1 nouveau
wmi                    36864  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper        253952  1 nouveau
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
ttm                   131072  1 nouveau
drm                   610304  6 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau
agpgart                53248  5 intel_agp,intel_gtt,ttm,nouveau,drm

Artix runing vainilla kernel (doesn't work)
linux-zen-5.7.4.zen1-1 packages
linux-firmware-20200519.8ba6fa6-1

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$ uname -a
Linux aerosq 5.7.4-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:37:02 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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$ dmesg
(...)
[  116.587568] usb 1-5: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci-pci
[  116.736392] usb 1-5: New USB device found, idVendor=0cf3, idProduct=9271, bcdDevice= 1.08
[  116.736395] usb 1-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=16, Product=32, SerialNumber=48
[  116.736397] usb 1-5: Product: USB2.0 WLAN
[  116.736399] usb 1-5: Manufacturer: ATHEROS
[  116.736401] usb 1-5: SerialNumber: 12345
[  116.892875] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[  116.908112] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[  116.920976] platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
[  116.920978] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db
[  117.101671] usb 1-5: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested
[  117.101953] usbcore: registered new interface driver ath9k_htc
[  117.418026] usb 1-5: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008
[  117.677101] ath9k_htc 1-5:1.0: ath9k_htc: HTC initialized with 33 credits
[  147.756797] ath9k_htc: Failed to initialize the device
[  147.756949] usb 1-5: ath9k_htc: USB layer deinitialized

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$ lsusb -s 001:004
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0cf3:9271 Qualcomm Atheros Communications AR9271 802.11n

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$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ath9k_htc              98304  0
ath9k_common           40960  1 ath9k_htc
ath9k_hw              561152  2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common
ath                    36864  3 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
mac80211             1093632  2 ath9k_htc,ath9k_hw
cfg80211              921600  4 ath9k_htc,ath9k_common,ath,mac80211
libarc4                16384  1 mac80211
rfcomm                 94208  4
fuse                  143360  2
cmac                   16384  5
algif_hash             20480  2
ecb                    16384  2
algif_skcipher         16384  2
af_alg                 36864  10 algif_hash,algif_skcipher
bnep                   28672  2
snd_hda_codec_realtek   155648  1
input_leds             16384  0
snd_hda_codec_generic   110592  1 snd_hda_codec_realtek
mousedev               24576  0
joydev                 28672  0
ledtrig_audio          16384  2 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_realtek
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     81920  4
snd_hda_intel          53248  4
btusb                  69632  0
snd_intel_dspcfg       28672  1 snd_hda_intel
btrtl                  28672  1 btusb
snd_hda_codec         180224  4 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_realtek
btbcm                  20480  1 btusb
btintel                32768  1 btusb
snd_hda_core          114688  5 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek
bluetooth             741376  33 btrtl,btintel,btbcm,bnep,btusb,rfcomm
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               163840  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_core
gpio_ich               16384  0
snd_timer              45056  1 snd_pcm
snd                   118784  16 snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hwdep,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_timer,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt               16384  0
ecdh_generic           16384  2 bluetooth
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
soundcore              16384  1 snd
ppdev                  24576  0
rfkill                 32768  4 bluetooth,cfg80211
ecc                    36864  1 ecdh_generic
evdev                  24576  13
sg                     45056  0
r8169                 122880  0
lpc_ich                28672  0
crypto_user            16384  0
pcspkr                 16384  0
parport_pc             53248  0
coretemp               20480  0
parport                61440  2 parport_pc,ppdev
realtek                24576  1
mac_hid                16384  0
libphy                159744  2 r8169,realtek
rng_core               20480  0
intel_agp              24576  0
i2c_i801               36864  0
intel_gtt              24576  1 intel_agp
acpi_cpufreq           28672  0
ext4                  819200  1
crc32c_generic         16384  2
crc16                  16384  2 bluetooth,ext4
mbcache                16384  1 ext4
jbd2                  143360  1 ext4
hid_generic            16384  0
usbhid                 65536  0
hid                   151552  2 usbhid,hid_generic
sr_mod                 28672  0
cdrom                  77824  1 sr_mod
ata_generic            16384  0
uhci_hcd               57344  0
pata_acpi              16384  0
ehci_pci               20480  0
ata_piix               36864  2
ehci_hcd              106496  1 ehci_pci
nouveau              2519040  2
mxm_wmi                16384  1 nouveau
wmi                    36864  2 mxm_wmi,nouveau
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper        278528  1 nouveau
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
cec                    81920  1 drm_kms_helper
rc_core                61440  1 cec
ttm                   126976  1 nouveau
drm                   643072  5 drm_kms_helper,ttm,nouveau
agpgart                53248  5 intel_agp,intel_gtt,ttm,nouveau,drm

Is it a problem with Artix new kernel's compilation?

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #9 – 24 June 2020, 16:23:31

seems as kernel bug, try our linux-zen 5.7.5

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pacman -S linux-zen linux-zen-headers

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #10 – 24 June 2020, 18:56:34

Same result....

Is it a kernel bug or an Artix issue?.

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #11 – 24 June 2020, 22:19:11

Artix kernel is same as archlinux kernel, so I don't think, that that's our issue, if older kernel works for you....

Re: Something wrong with kernel?

Reply #12 – 01 July 2020, 16:48:39

Quote from: alium – on 17 June 2020, 20:09:03

hmm, what for strange error, never saw of such error before

your computer works now normally with inux-zen? i mean, can you start DE? if yes, can be kernel bug.

yes the DE starts with zen

It would seem whatever the problem is, it seems to be gone with the new kernel update. The normal kernel now works.