# Kernel Panic! (Linux BSOD)

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022>\
**Category:** Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware\
**Created:** [October 28, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022 "2025-10-28T10:47:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mellow/32/137692_2.png) [@Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mellow)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/21 "2025-11-30T14:47:20Z")

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Update:  
I was super happy to hear that the new ISO is out. So as I said previously that I would try to fix it with a new install, I tried it now… But as I booted into the stick with the iso, waiting a few seconds… This came up again…

 ![P_20251130_145338](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/7/b7a31c9e286caf6ed4d7dd3a4d9e4931c4d8397d.jpeg)

I then looked into the bios if I see anything related to the cpu state thing, all I found was this which looked fine I think, so I quit without changing anything

 ![P_20251130_150602](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/3/734412af7bda65d8b28f8cfd76f5890cc1ba3127.jpeg)  
 ![P_20251130_150620](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/b/fbf2f85a8d78735021ad6daf7cfabf49373dc7d7.jpeg)

Then it rebooted, and funny enough I got into the iso without problems this time. I installed it on an external drive and already thought I finally won the battle… Well I booted from it after the install finished got to the login screen without kernel panic (yay) but after I typed my password the screen went black, keyboard rgb back light is on and the power led says sleepmode, fans spinning no response at all.

I am basically back to my old issue again that I linked in the op…

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**Author:** ![Schlaefer](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/schlaefer/32/11917_2.png) [@Schlaefer](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Schlaefer)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/22 "2025-11-30T18:20:54Z")

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[Link to panic report for the interested.](https://panic.archlinux.org/panic_report/#?a=x86_64&v=6.17.8-arch1-1&z=07721712684927304438532994423235112604714607920753256106352986817952045749101797459611305105731443562456890887636699720421064853418612901452432872852982427225108350229639038417212895254202128713027732242639148910412430200501077545446060424485427798140598012009628258029143535006568228164935589880341298154412768671528447239631183000512710020035392428473762919713890340428606101262938033292361733380959583398467951523890205534578660862782241744330408880785686402335040020341447154127260575099102049707136430388142697239202665485127710653886513983922121391472024034984365494289763669576996402842714025846913355314444856346453449074626872471408270743189259058121182866942031277201381245908330211858934982440201787290510603100882338250324022542323534046350684164384791725097201393266090330529906365517672631906863764975250776937574791176693406761007316804882003254425657322586654813965952127170829502890333294004472106849830244646539864449191493380120866971691323646986332606057067411722532710407134113605085760115843414354862926853133276967343973838352421511421094705264083108892603886788250653100098618583780319320302212066825358131815940879621786028077894812682122258618191241293506954370223616842365730627113532536338314298751890375197857002428180653079601861368954243367602353413087251280275028962064420099601031673705396892732464995927997893316986552993288570624561790217857550324725624229966344654955970621952793304054261043050604734382296876466961782845867863589258397598329230513045525866376638342315858596121644610632684802926950178058480771570252721968591083740379643488365640168335807552722622346020809940884343871996754108059473910705141543017137237402651916178732709846511152731385236073564559373355990278854655900149411332729065350789351017065232019826065972963748425840346518109097148781206658857353867631300632291823214461556842528575780573386083842792170592044439420193874707286262879074369510200539584345543105640177721207522923527451707125358637687594622653259912687686734440220738364309980489884371609535705145041313246309068412707920215386353248555080941763231264332189320062737926502371982267861914601819031972493359952298809536039338304311319383663834576595198764145033040705965643597537998363568230366165402677707739373635847934957616404008111417995162202205452107701205072860714449043876161120543925108406536436688146785657102780366505311894553160460265249671594866440551809943140053924665815486709981533068556234576479458508040109736025405431434446070037505660241688358429544707735385297977030103352777661813033626679438641700030986638169926667180859528395572502537917979175021730841880911541129566138884571278016275520619073372431019470108563816635116825977580586325914736047003043841949721045543407069616522876661559614506510571406149622910222861718366497022987851137767007057456871581975364496959425718344527674821416521761827132123704592579519176638840423172721535182572564326404005904015661091357422785060829562552142121823625782637317187643057409221103530011537411397985412647532211853877680196420685691821695108793232568818264481650342713218309014568860446296003094431579073841932255384940481716414203556663489501862347447098507481112247185657437037539220223713238100159249869438433958205905789030368519366139886992681407887456418015114932945549322593365114926447097226801909099648892956154019682367408702904369392326496350345942515092806680734623566851084856355456551184743875130788959322013048196714806269816438388967911557834316470041441678159804075091479921680673908692591386690329169301165602051713975270277269159136082510592331943769651613744103439035422301542406623096870213856966310157069592218709841315341249112700384843912068421224220594569831722662130531033491253691552872889672701562403787892185063136280809749002526258011448977631665763100656396492690257184562497650837510517842281318286374935083919313723192676491115585391518710487431982225236942813713781610011251850034959390439665429805596094104059225574576999236306518812291037956739378293474492672387393790218331251935431977065667626950287536586191361814930860874622577227396361373452174572685524403666848706889227917018679714148739435596605850529500405798790822956675923776647662242700486969106290394421832222818904935614680310333002061417196917529918524094026790796331204382944550388134208714635031557249441096879250715761966560545902766441959937990556505489291381822205777150889541981827190637234827169298059314466504643687023372310067331238940847031586112520749280637772512119013200898248197220177872368481190760234198531970053384131121635971597148588490163763262387240381039189899251970152574645116426599419209614008340212859019615096409217960738128885467191573315586226430213850411456210166737304906200268603842485471492284686016106225296252069547258811866312056324923125822820529134161566325277184200070065587250767975772611522586387431139506830798822988611166483398055160434343910783900770230210573064807173321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**Author:** ![Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mellow/32/137692_2.png) [@Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mellow)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/23 "2025-12-21T14:42:01Z")

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Small Update after 21 days:

Now after the kernel 6.18 released I thought I give it another shot, this time not installing on an external SSD but on the Laptop itself (making it new and shiny). Weirdly enough the Live ISO gave me the same experience again, first boot into it = Kernel Panic, reboot second boot = very fine.  
The thing I didnt do on the external install was also selecting the LTS-Kernel, only difference here. Else same thing. So yeah booting into the normal Kernel first, got into the login screen (SDDM Kde thing) after password hit enter, yeah got the Blackscreen again. So sadly 6.18.2 didnt do it.  
Then I booted into the LTS Kernel, everything fine (also on SDDM my second monitor worked with picture and in wayland recognized by kde but still no picture in wayland while logged in), so I started to experiment. As my Gaming pc is working flawlessly, I thought what are the differences, apart from the hardware right now. So I looked at the nvidia drivers.

Gaming PC uses Nvidia-open-dkms but my Laptop just Nvidia-open. So I then used nvidia-inst to install the nvidia-open-dkms (including the lib32 dependencies stuff). rebooted and then booted into the mainline linux kernel.  
Now comes the crazy part: **Kernel panic**. exactly the one above with the cpu timeout.  
(on lts the kernel panic doesnt happen thankfully)

So it seems this driver is responsible for the kernel panic, a driver that flawlessly works on my gaming pc, and if i run nvidia-inst -t is also recommended by this program or script, whatever it is. so what is going wrong? as my laptop has a GTX 1650ti it is still supported with the current drivers, or supposed to…

So what should i do? should I try the nouveau drivers, and hope this fixes this? (and maybe this gets my monitor to fully work too?) or does someone have a different idea?  
If there is a way I can provide more info plz tell.  
Updated inxi from the current lts-kernel if it matters:

> **inxi**
>
> ```auto
> System:
> Kernel: 6.12.63-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64
> Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.4 Distro: EndeavourOS
> Machine:
> Type: Laptop System: Razer product: Blade Stealth 13 (Early 2020) -
> RZ09-0310 v: 2.04 serial: <superuser required>
> Mobo: Razer model: LY325 serial: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
> vendor: Razer v: 1.04 date: 11/19/2020
> Battery:
> ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.2 Wh (100%) condition: 47.2/53.2 Wh (88.8%)
> CPU:
> Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-1065G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
> L2: 2 MiB
> Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/3900 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400
> 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400
> Graphics:
> Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 driver: i915 v: kernel
> Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] driver: nvidia
> v: 590.48.01
> Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
> Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
> compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia dri: iris
> gpu: i915 resolution: 3840x2160~60Hz
> API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,nvidia,swrast
> platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
> API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.2-arch1.1
> renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics (ICL GT2)
> API: Vulkan v: 1.4.335 drivers: nvidia surfaces: N/A
> Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
> de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
> wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
> Audio:
> Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio
> driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-icl
> API: ALSA v: k6.12.63-1-lts status: kernel-api
> Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active
> Network:
> Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
> IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 54:8d:5a:cf:59:4a
> Bluetooth:
> Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb type: USB
> Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
> rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: N/A
> Drives:
> Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 7.88 GiB (0.8%)
> ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S1000G size: 931.51 GiB
> Partition:
> ID-1: / size: 912.62 GiB used: 7.88 GiB (0.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
> ID-2: /boot/efi size: 2 GiB used: 664 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
> ID-3: /home size: 912.62 GiB used: 7.88 GiB (0.9%) fs: btrfs
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
> ID-4: /var/log size: 912.62 GiB used: 7.88 GiB (0.9%) fs: btrfs
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
> Swap:
> ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
> Sensors:
> System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
> Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
> Info:
> Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.36 GiB used: 3.71 GiB (24.2%)
> Processes: 275 Uptime: 30m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.40
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/24 "2025-12-21T15:10:45Z")

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What happens if you downgrade the driver to 570 or 575 ?

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**Author:** ![Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mellow/32/137692_2.png) [@Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mellow)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/25 "2025-12-21T19:14:06Z")

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not shure how to do that without risking it to break everything even more..

also im not shure which driver version even worked fully in the past, since i only noticed that at some point my monitor didnt work anymore, but i didnt care much or look bc i never really needed it, so back then i just thought yea a replug would fix it probably (which always worked in garuda days)  
The only thing i know for shure is that it worked around kernel 6.10 for shure (if it is indeed the driver, whatever driver was current there), and i noticed that something definitly was wrong around 6.15. so whatever changed in that timeframe is a issue for my laptop it seems.

I dont know if the driver is also at fault for the monitor thing, or the blackscreen after login, but i think it could be likely as if a change from nvidia-open to nvidia-open-dkms is causing a kernel panic.

even if i downgrade, it is a big downgrade i think… not shure if such a big downgrade is safe?  
(this question right here is a noob question, how big of a downgrade is too big?)

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**Author:** ![Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mellow/32/137692_2.png) [@Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mellow)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/26 "2026-01-01T16:09:13Z")

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So another update:

as @MichelN suggested, I tried to use older nvidia drivers..  
I installed the `nvidia-575xx-open-dkms` and `nvidia-575xx-utils` (before that, i removed the old or “new” stuff ofc, got into a bit of dependency hell though).  
Result was… no change, same issues after reboot.

Then i tried to find 570, but couldnt find it so i went even further back and choose 550 instead.  
So I installed `nvidia-550xx-dkms` and `nvidia-550xx-utils`.  
I thought that this would work because around that time things were working (i think), but to my surprise it just didnt. No 2nd monitor (apart from login screen and showing up on the kde settings) and kernel panic on the mainline linux kernel.

So I decided to rip out the nvidia drivers and go nouveau (hope i spelled it right), but no. same issue. another kernel panic on the mainline linux kernel. So i thought maybe its “tainted”? does this exist and happen? (read something about how nvidia does “taint” a kernel on the arch forum)

So after that i now did another reinstall of EOS. but this time i didnt choose the nvidia thing on the select screen. and this time i didnt get a kernel panic on the iso either the first time trying. progress i thought. but at the end,… now that its installed. im back again with the mainline linux kernel going to sleepmode (blackscreen + unresponsive + keyboard rgb backlight + power led doing sleepmode indicator) after login. and lts still 2nd monitor detected but no screen.

After 6 months of this persisting issue,… i dont know anymore. i am going in circles mentally. i tried everything basically. from different kernels to drivers to hardware tests. the hardware is fine, even works on old installs as i tested it back in the day (think it was in the previous thread i linked above)… but something is wrong, and it seems since i am the only one with this laptop in the linux world… there doesnt seem to be another one with a razer blade stealth 13 (early 2020 version)… im stuck. even if everything worked flawlessly when i started out… heck it doesnt even seem that there is someone with a gtx 1650ti. havent found any of these. the issue could be anywhere… but im not smart nor experienced enough to find it.

Hate to annoy you guys @thefrog @MyNameIsRichard but since you 2 are a bit longer here than me maybe you 2 know someone on this forum who could know what is wrong and has time and patience to maybe guide me through this? I really dont know what to do anymore. Im tired and my motivation is also now at the rock bottom, but deep down i still wish to fix it somehow… even if the chances are low.

I am at the point now where i dont care if i get a working nvidia driver where the performance is good and everything works, or if it is the nouveau driver where i have like this ~40% performance loss. but if it works im fine with it. All I want is to login into any kernel without fear, and both monitors to work…

anyway, another new inxi, with nouveau this time

> **inxi**
>
> ```auto
> System:
> Kernel: 6.12.63-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64
> Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.5.4 Distro: EndeavourOS
> Machine:
> Type: Laptop System: Razer product: Blade Stealth 13 (Early 2020) -
> RZ09-0310 v: 2.04 serial: <superuser required>
> Mobo: Razer model: LY325 serial: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI
> vendor: Razer v: 1.04 date: 11/19/2020
> Battery:
> ID-1: BAT0 charge: 47.2 Wh (100%) condition: 47.2/53.2 Wh (88.8%)
> volts: 11.94 min: 11.55
> CPU:
> Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-1065G7 bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
> L2: 2 MiB
> Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/3900 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 400 4: 400
> 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400
> Graphics:
> Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 driver: i915 v: kernel
> Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] driver: nouveau
> v: kernel
> Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
> Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
> compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: iris gpu: i915
> resolution: 1: 1920x1080~144Hz 2: 3840x2160~60Hz
> API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: iris,swrast
> platforms: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device
> API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.2-arch1.1
> renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics (ICL GT2)
> API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
> Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
> de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
> x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
> Audio:
> Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio
> driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-icl
> API: ALSA v: k6.12.63-1-lts status: kernel-api
> Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.9 status: active
> Network:
> Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi
> IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 54:8d:5a:cf:59:4a
> Bluetooth:
> Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb type: USB
> Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: disabled
> rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: N/A
> Drives:
> Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 6.15 GiB (0.7%)
> ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Kingston model: SNV2S1000G size: 931.51 GiB
> Partition:
> ID-1: / size: 912.62 GiB used: 6.15 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
> ID-2: /boot/efi size: 2 GiB used: 664 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
> ID-3: /home size: 912.62 GiB used: 6.15 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
> ID-4: /var/log size: 912.62 GiB used: 6.15 GiB (0.7%) fs: btrfs
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
> Swap:
> ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 16.89 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3
> Sensors:
> System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
> Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
> Info:
> Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.36 GiB used: 3.54 GiB (23.0%)
> Processes: 259 Uptime: 1h 5m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.40
> 
> ```

also just noticed, since i installed it today, it has a cool os age 1.1.2026  
…at least something good about this whole situation.

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**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/27 "2026-01-01T16:23:46Z")

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I’ll tag @manuel I’m sure he can give some solid assistance.

Looking at your inxi you have 2 gpu’s one intel and one Nvidia. What are you using to switch them? Is it possible to turn one off in the bios? Maybe turn of the intel if possible maybe an irq issue between the two devices?

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**Author:** ![Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mellow/32/137692_2.png) [@Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mellow)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/28 "2026-01-01T16:34:36Z")

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there is no way to turn it off in the bios. there are no gpu settings there.  
in the past before the issues started the hybrid system without any tools straight from the bios worked fine. all games/programs picked it up without issues. but it gets me to think.. in the past i also used an external gpu, and was forced to use stuff like egpu-switcher or allways egpu. something like that, which i currently dont do… so maybe after all this time and reinstalls something changed and i now need something like envy-control or prime?.. is this also required with nouveau?..

i will look into this tomorrow. 4 hours today is enough, dont want to make stupid mistakes. but thank you very much for this imput… maybe this could be it…

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**Author:** ![MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/micheln/32/132263_2.png) [@MichelN](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/MichelN)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/29 "2026-01-01T16:45:05Z")

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Which one do you want to use ? you do know you can use a tool to select the iGPU or dGPU only ?

[https://discovery.endeavouros.com/hardware/envy-control/2023/03/](https://discovery.endeavouros.com/hardware/envy-control/2023/03/)

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**Author:** ![Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mellow/32/137692_2.png) [@Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mellow)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/30 "2026-01-01T17:00:19Z")

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i used envy-control in the past yes, but back then it had no use bc of egpu-switcher (and also maybe bc the bios was able to handle it idk) so at some point i removed it and never thought about it anymore

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**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/31 "2026-01-01T20:44:46Z")

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Some ideas if not presented above:

- I noticed your motherboard firmware is from 2020, is there an update available?
- Could you show the output of commands

```auto
nvidia-inst --test
lsmod | grep -P 'nvidia|nouveau|i915'

```

- If you are using `nvidia-open`, try switching to `nvidia-open-dkms`. This requires kernel headers too (e.g. `linux-lts-headers`).

Here’s some Arch wiki tips unless you haven’t seen them yet:

> **[Crashes and hangs - NVIDIA/Troubleshooting - ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA/Troubleshooting#Crashes_and_hangs)**
>
> This bug is present only for new games that depend on them, like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. This is reflected in the absence of environments when using NVIDIA GPUs even with latest beta drivers. \[2\]

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**Author:** ![Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mellow/32/137692_2.png) [@Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mellow)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/32 "2026-01-02T14:30:38Z")

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Hi manuel, thanks for coming here.

> [@manuel](#):
>
> I noticed your motherboard firmware is from 2020, is there an update available?

There are no newer updates than v1.04 for the bios, and that 1 firmware update from around that same time in 2020. pretty shure i installed both as i had to install the bios update to install linux like 3 years ago.

 ![grafik](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/d/5d6cc8404476111ce5d57599614613adbe36b962.jpeg)

[https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a\_id/3702/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNzY3MzYxNjcyL2dlbi8xNzY3MzYxNjcyL3NpZC9mVSU3RUt4ZUNNRmxlJTdFaW5tbzhvVkk4Y2ZkS3FER0ZoUDBwbnJ3RDlaOUJXNXVnakNYMkk1TGNkUFQyWUtJU1ZNb096dFZlMjJWNlJBZFB4V01mOENQTjlUeSU3RUF4VlpfUGN6Q09XcDFwNkRWc0dQUHh3SDRvVTN0VlElMjElMjE%3D](https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3702/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNzY3MzYxNjcyL2dlbi8xNzY3MzYxNjcyL3NpZC9mVSU3RUt4ZUNNRmxlJTdFaW5tbzhvVkk4Y2ZkS3FER0ZoUDBwbnJ3RDlaOUJXNXVnakNYMkk1TGNkUFQyWUtJU1ZNb096dFZlMjJWNlJBZFB4V01mOENQTjlUeSU3RUF4VlpfUGN6Q09XcDFwNkRWc0dQUHh3SDRvVTN0VlElMjElMjE%3D)

> [@manuel](#):
>
> Could you show the output of commands

shure, right now still on nouveau.

> **nvidia-inst --test**
>
> ```auto
> [mellow@Blade-Stealth13 ~]$ nvidia-inst --test
> 2026-01-02 14:43:52: Info: 58:00.0 3D controller [0302]: NVIDIA Corporation TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] [10de:1f95] (rev a1)
> 2026-01-02 14:43:52: Info: Currently installed packages related to Nvidia:
> 2026-01-02 14:43:52: libvdpau 1.5-3
> 2026-01-02 14:43:52: linux-firmware-nvidia 20251125-2
> 2026-01-02 14:43:52: nvidia-inst 25.12-1
> 2026-01-02 14:43:52: Info: inxi -Gza
> Graphics:
> Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 vendor: Razer USA driver: i915
> v: kernel arch: Gen-11 process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21 ports:
> active: DP-3,eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-4, DP-5 bus-ID: 00:02.0
> chip-ID: 8086:8a52 class-ID: 0300
> Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile] vendor: Razer USA
> driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: current (as of
> 2025-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
> built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: lanes: 16
> bus-ID: 58:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f95 class-ID: 0302
> Device-3: IMC Networks Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
> rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-6:4 chip-ID: 13d3:56d5
> class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
> Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.21 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
> compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting
> alternate: fbdev,intel,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
> d-rect: 5760x2160 display-ID: 0
> Monitor-1: DP-3 pos: right model: MSI MAG271CR serial: <filter>
> built: 2020 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
> size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
> max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
> Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: AU Optronics 0x272b built: 2018
> res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 220% (2.2) to: 1745x982 dpi: 333
> gamma: 1.2 size: 293x165mm (11.54x6.5") diag: 336mm (13.2") ratio: 16:9
> modes: 3840x2160
> API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 1 drv: iris
> device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: iris wayland:
> drv: iris x11: drv: iris inactive: device-0
> API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.2-arch1.1
> glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics (ICL
> GT2) device-ID: 8086:8a52 memory: 15 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
> API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
> Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
> de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
> x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
> 2026-01-02 14:43:54: Info: nvidia-inst version 25.12-1
> 2026-01-02 14:43:54: Info: Command line: nvidia-inst --test
> 2026-01-02 14:43:54: Info: Selected mode: nvidia (Nvidia's open source)
> 2026-01-02 14:43:54: Info: Installing packages: dkms nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-settings nvidia-hook
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> COMMANDS TO RUN:
> pacman -Syuq --noconfirm --noprogressbar --needed dkms nvidia-open-dkms nvidia-settings nvidia-hook
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> [mellow@Blade-Stealth13 ~]$ 
> 
> ```

> **"lsmod | grep -P 'nvidia|nouveau|i915'"**
>
> ```auto
> [mellow@Blade-Stealth13 ~]$ lsmod | grep -P 'nvidia|nouveau|i915'
> nouveau 3665920 1
> i915 4583424 61
> drm_gpuvm 45056 1 nouveau
> drm_exec 12288 2 drm_gpuvm,nouveau
> drm_buddy 24576 1 i915
> gpu_sched 65536 1 nouveau
> i2c_algo_bit 24576 2 i915,nouveau
> drm_ttm_helper 16384 1 nouveau
> mxm_wmi 12288 1 nouveau
> ttm 102400 3 drm_ttm_helper,i915,nouveau
> drm_display_helper 266240 2 i915,nouveau
> cec 90112 2 drm_display_helper,i915
> intel_gtt 28672 1 i915
> video 81920 2 i915,nouveau
> wmi 28672 4 video,wmi_bmof,mxm_wmi,nouveau
> [mellow@Blade-Stealth13 ~]$ 
> 
> ```

> [@manuel](#):
>
> If you are using `nvidia-open`, try switching to `nvidia-open-dkms`. This requires kernel headers too (e.g. `linux-lts-headers`).

I talked about it on an above comment, which is how I came to the conclusion that it may be nvidia related even. here is the link to it

> [@Kernel Panic! (Linux BSOD)](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/23):
>
> Small Update after 21 days: Now after the kernel 6.18 released I thought I give it another shot, this time not installing on an external SSD but on the Laptop itself (making it new and shiny). Weirdly enough the Live ISO gave me the same experience again, first boot into it = Kernel Panic, reboot second boot = very fine. The thing I didnt do on the external install was also selecting the LTS-Kernel, only difference here. Else same thing. So yeah booting into the normal Kernel first, got into t…

> [@manuel](#):
>
> Here’s some Arch wiki tips unless you haven’t seen them yet:

The thing is i really like the arch wiki, its great. but most of it is so complicated written that nearly every second word i dont understand. i dont know if its because im stupid or because im not a native english speaker.. i dont know, might be both tbh. (also excuse any typing mistake i made since im here, while im at it 😅)

also, i will now try the envy control or something, similar since thefrog reminded me on this… still not shure if i need the official nvidia drivers for it, but i guess i will find out.

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**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/33 "2026-01-02T14:40:05Z")

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> [@Mellow](#):
>
> i will now try the envy control or something, similar since thefrog reminded me on this

That was [me](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/29) actually 😅

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**Author:** ![Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/mellow/32/137692_2.png) [@Mellow](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Mellow)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/34 "2026-01-02T15:22:04Z")

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was it?

 ![grafik](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/a/0ad9a974858380edb0c506b7c9e4a7d75e8d352e.png)  
or did i remind myself after @thefrog mentioned a tool to switch my gpus? 😅

Anyway… doesnt matter as it doesnt work anyway…  
For the steps i did:

I installed envycontrol with `yay -S envycontrol`  
Then I set it to hybrid for the first try (which was standard setting anyway) with `sudo envycontrol -s hybrid` that was on nouveau drivers.  
result was no change on lts, kernel panic on mainline kernel.

then i installed the nvidia drivers to see if it changes something with `nvidia-inst -o --32` hybrid mode came with the same result as on nouveau with the kernel panic.

then i tried the integrated mode: `sudo envycontrol -s integrated`  
interesting thing happened, nothing changed on the lts side, but on mainline i came to the login screen,… only for it to shut down again after trying to login on plasma wayland.

then final test, nvidia only: `sudo envycontrol -s nvidia`  
no change on lts, kernel panic on mainline… but with a twist. it doesnt say “timeout: not all cpus entered broadcast exeption handler” anymore. but now it says “fatal machine check”. that is different… still i wonder why this happens on the mainline kernel, not on lts…

i made a picture of it, will edit it in from my phone..

 ![P_20260102_155902](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/5/754a2af0e32dcf9532223284d13e70edccd3828e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/35 "2026-01-02T15:46:42Z")

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> [@Mellow](#):
>
> ```auto
> API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.5-arch1.2
> renderer: Mesa Intel Iris Plus Graphics (ICL GT2)
> 
> ```

In your first inxi output you had the nvidia driver installed but the renderer was mesa. The renderer is supposed to show the NVIDIA GPU and not mesa when you are using the Nvidia GPU.

About envycontrol: if that fails, there are other tools (like optimus-manager and supergfxctl and more) that do the same (switch active GPU) so if not already done so, I’d suggest trying them too.  
One interesting package is nvidia-prime if you haven’t tried that already.

All of them are explained in the Arch wiki or the EndeavourOS wiki (which might be easier to understand 😉).

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**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/36 "2026-01-02T15:50:11Z")

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Have you tried to boot a different Linux from a live usb stick, e.g. fedora 43

If that works fine you can check which boot parameters they use and which modules they load.

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**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/37 "2026-01-02T16:05:49Z")

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One more idea is to try series 580xx nvidia related packages from the AUR.  
This might sound strange, but there can be reasons why it may work better.

And as a side note, switching between packages as suggested in this thread will make you fluent with the package managing in Arch. 😉

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/38 "2026-01-02T18:04:42Z")

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Is there a UEFI Bios update for this system?

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**Author:** ![thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/thefrog/32/114250_2.png) [@thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/thefrog)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/39 "2026-01-02T18:18:26Z")

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You must have missed this

> [@Mellow](#):
>
> There are no newer updates than v1.04 for the bios,

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**Post date:** [January 2, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/kernel-panic-linux-bsod/76022/40 "2026-01-02T18:47:20Z")

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Yes… i did!

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