Kernel 5.9.x and AMDGPU problem

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware
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I’m generally booting using the following as I want support for Vulkan.
radeon.si_support=0 amdgpu.si_support=1

Since the update to kernel 5.9.x, the system stucks at

Starting version 247.1-4

If I disable amdgpu support, then it boots fine. But because I want Vulkan, I’m booting into lts with kernel 5.4.83-1 for the time being.

Is it a known issue with the latest kernel version? What will happen with the new 5.10 lts?

P.S.: I’m using an AMD 7770 1GB (Southern Islands) gpu.

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Have you set module parameters in the kernel command line or in modprobe.d?

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Welcome Aboard!

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I don’t know if it answers your question, but I put the above parameters into grub. To temporarily change those, I hit E in the corresponding option into the grub menu on boot (I have a separate disk with Windows too).

I checked the modprobe.d folder and inside there are amdgpu.conf and radeon.conf. Opening the AMD one it says

options amdgpu si_support=1

Shouldn’t it be

options amdgpu.si_support=1

?

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Nice to meet you :grinning:

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Here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AMDGPU#Enable_Southern_Islands_(SI)_and_Sea_Islands_(CIK)_support

Also have a look at this:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vulkan

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  • Specify the correct module order (I added MODULES=(amdgpu radeon) as it was empty)
  • Set module parameters in kernel command line (done)
  • Set module parameters in modprobe.d (done)
  • vulkan-radeon and lib32-vulkan-radeon are installed

It still gets stuck on Starting version (kernel 5.9.x).

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Welcome aboard, @jimmy213, καλωσόρισες :+1:

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dont use vulkan-radeon use amdvlk ?? and the lib 32 version

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Welcome to the community :beers:

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Thanks. Καλώς σας βρήκα.

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Nice to meet you.

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I could give that a try. But I’d like to find out what the problem is in the current 5.9.x kernel. Up until 5.8.x everything worked fine.

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i understand. suffice it to say i know nothing. i do however make blind pop shots that often pay off but most of the time dont.

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I wonder whether it’s the same root issue as this:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1944156#p1944156

There are some extra patches coming which might resolve the issue. If you want to test those, I’ve included them in a linux-zen build (5.10.1.zen1-1.0 in my repo, under the testing subdirectory, it works for me).

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I searched a bit about linux-zen (as I didn’t knew about it) and decided to give it a try (through AKM).
Since yesterday, everything seems to work fine (I had to install r8168-dkms too).

Kernel 5.9.14-zen1-1-zen

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I’m using Mint 20 and having the same problem as jimmy213. Also Greek, which is coincidence. He got it working with Kernel 5.9.14-zen1-1-zen, but is there an equivalent for Ubuntu based distros?

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Don’t know if this will help, but Rolling Rhino is a rolling version of Ubuntu, and may well have the capability to run a newer kernel. Mine’s on mainline, though (and I’m not on it right now) so I can’t check…

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Pretty sure you could have asked that on the Mint forum. :wink:

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Thanks jonathon. You think so but I’ve not had much luck on that forum. Also this is the only place I’ve seen anyone talk about this problem.

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