Sometimes my computer crashes, fails to wake up from sleep or fails to start. By crash I don’t mean it shuts down, but it basically gets a black screen and stays at that zombie state. A few times I could open tty by Ctrl+Alt+F3 on the black screen when I try to wake it up and then exit from tty to i3wm by keyboard shortcuts, but I can’t do it when it fails to start at all. I think these two might be different problems because of this reason, but I don’t know.
Also, random crashes don’t happen too often. It mostly fails to wake up or open.
Here is the errors from the last time my computer failed to open:
$ journalctl -b -1 --priority=4
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: Expanded resource Reserved due to conflict with PCI Bus 0000:00
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour kernel: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI MWAIT C-state 0x0 not supported by HW (0x0)
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel:
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 510.60.02 Wed Mar 16 11:24:05 UTC 2022
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel: nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
Apr 15 12:39:25 endeavour systemd-udevd[388]: Configuration file /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/77-mm-fibocom-port-types.rules is marked executable. Please remove executable permission bits. Proceeding anyway.
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour systemd-udevd[417]: nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 255'' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel: resource sanity check: requesting [mem 0x000c0000-0x000fffff], which spans more than PCI Bus 0000:00 [mem 0x000a0000-0x000dffff window]
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel: caller _nv000651rm+0x1ad/0x200 [nvidia] mapping multiple BARs
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: unexpected event for opcode 0x0000
Apr 15 12:39:26 endeavour systemd-udevd[423]: nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c 'for i in $(cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/information | grep Minor | cut -d \ -f 4); do /usr/bin/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidia${i} c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) ${i}; done'' failed with exit code 1.
Apr 15 12:39:27 endeavour kernel: kauditd_printk_skb: 34 callbacks suppressed
Apr 15 12:39:37 endeavour kernel: kauditd_printk_skb: 163 callbacks suppressed
My system
MS-7B84 2.0
AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Drivers: 510.60.02)
Linux Kernel 5.17.2-arch3-1
i3 Window Manager
Thanks in advance 
System:
Kernel: 5.17.3-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux
root=UUID=5597b5d2-b7ca-4ae3-9583-44f936750367 rw quiet
resume=UUID=4da89bf2-261e-49d9-99b6-428d45d0d15b loglevel=3 nowatchdog
nvme_load=YES nvidia-drm.modeset=1
Desktop: i3 v: 4.20.1 info: polybar vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450M PRO-M2 V2 (MS-7B84) v: 2.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4.30
date: 03/06/2019
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001137
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 768 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x64 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1727 high: 2970 min/max: 1550/3200 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1886 2: 1362
3: 1359 4: 1359 5: 1581 6: 1359 7: 1303 8: 2931 9: 2860 10: 1450 11: 1357
12: 1357 13: 1736 14: 1359 15: 1406 16: 2970 bogomips: 102428
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 510.60.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1
empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 1f:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.1 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 483x272mm (19.02x10.71")
s-diag: 554mm (21.82")
Monitor-1: DP-1 mapped: DP-0 note: disabled model: AOC 2260WG5
serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
size: 480x270mm (18.9x10.63") diag: 547mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 510.60.02 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 1f:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 21:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.3-arch1-1 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.50 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 1b:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp27s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Cambridge Silicon Radio Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) type: USB
driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 0a12:0001 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.58 TiB used: 836.45 GiB (51.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Gigabyte model: GP-GSTFS31240GNTD
size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 61.3 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000DM010-2EP102
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: CC43
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST500DM002-1BD142
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: KC45
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 214.47 GiB size: 210.05 GiB (97.94%)
used: 151.75 GiB (72.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 296 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 1.88 GiB (21.4%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 32 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 35%
Info:
Processes: 347 Uptime: 12h 9m wakeups: 0 Memory: 7.77 GiB
used: 5.17 GiB (66.5%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 1914 pacman: 1890 lib: 536 flatpak: 24
Shell: Zsh v: 5.8.1 running-in: alacritty inxi: 3.3.15
I would suggest updating your UEFI Bios. The latest is still in beta but there are 8 updates newer than your current version. You could update to the one just before the latest beta version. Then when the beta is out in final you could update to that one after.
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Thanks, doing it now, I’ll write here if the problem continues.
kind of late, but how do you update the UEFI BIOS?
I’m also triggering the same bug… around september/october I reinstalled EndeavorOS, and since then, I cannot restart the machine from sleep. Same symptom: I seems that it restart… but the screen is black and I cannot get any console or anything.
It’s best to follow the manufacturers method for your particular hardware. You can find that info on their site under support.
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