Every other boot is hosed

OS: EndeavourOS Linux x86_64
Host: XPS 8940
Kernel: 6.6.15-2-lts
Packages: 1501 (pacman)
Shell: bash 5.2.26
Resolution: 3840x2160
DE: GNOME 45.3
WM: Mutter
WM Theme: Yaru-sage-dark
Theme: HighContrastInverse [GTK2/3]
Icons: Qogir-dark [GTK2/3]
Terminal: kgx
CPU: 11th Gen Intel i7-11700K (16) @ 4.900GHz
GPU: Intel RocketLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 750]
Memory: 2685MiB / 63948MiB


I was able to snap a few images of the screen while puter was acting odd during boot. It would load a bit, then stop. Then load a bit more. Ultimately I have to do a hard reboot because it just stops loading. The next boot is always smooth, and problem free though. Can anyone tell what might be going on here, and why would it be every other boot?




how about post the journal

journalctl -b 2

man journalctl for more information about getting information from the journal.

make sure that fastboot is deactivated in BIOS and in case you dualboot with Windows, make sure that fast shutdown/startup is disabled there too.

Looks like you have a hardware issue with IRQ 13 not being able to be use by iwlwifi
Does it do the same on the latest current kernel?

journalctl is interesting. I wish I had the time to fart around with it. I just don t. What I do see is page after page of this error:

: pcieport 0000:00:01.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID)
Feb 05 19:41:11 g-x kernel: pcieport 0000:00:01.0:   device [8086:4c01] error status/mask=00000041/00002000
Feb 05 19:41:11 g-x kernel: pcieport 0000:00:01.0:    [ 0] RxErr                  (First)
Feb 05 19:41:11 g-x kernel: pcieport 0000:00:01.0:    [ 6] BadTLP

And this error:

Feb 05 19:41:12 g-x kernel: pcieport 0000:00:01.0: AER: Corrected error received: 0000:02:00.0
Feb 05 19:41:12 g-x kernel: nvidia 0000:02:00.0: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Data Link Layer, (Transmitter ID)
Feb 05 19:41:12 g-x kernel: nvidia 0000:02:00.0:   device [10de:2484] error status/mask=00001000/0000a000
Feb 05 19:41:12 g-x kernel: nvidia 0000:02:00.0:    [12] Timeout

So it looks like my Nvidia card is causing problems, but not sure if it is the boot problem.

Yes. I just updated yesterday, but it s been doing this for some time with previous kernels

You could try the following kernel parameter

pci=nommconf

I ll mess with it when I have more time. Thanks for advice though.