Bugzilla – Bug 1195270
After upgrade from Leap 15.2 to 15.3 won't boot hard drive
Last modified: 2022-01-30 03:26:52 UTC
Just loaded (upgrade) Leap 15.3 from DVD iso. Upgrade goes fine then it wants to reboot and when doing so from hard disk(SSD) it posts ok, goes to select OpenSuse 15.3 (plus 2 lines) then to smaller black insert screen "loading initial ram disk" then black screen. It appears that 15.2 is still there too: When using Start boot loader from read only snapshot it offers: *openSuse Leap 15.3 (5.3.18-150300.59.43,2022-01-28T02:17.post,afterupdate *openSuse Leap 15.2 (.............................etc................................,pre,beforeupdate open Suse... older etc. When selectin 15.3 it starts booting but then returns a black screen When selecting 15.2 it actually boots up Ok , although I have not tried running anything except firefox (which in the Help drop down shows it to be for Leap 15.2 ) As root I tried # efibootmgr -v EFI variables are not supported on this system. uname -a produces Linux x1-6-f4-6d-04-0f-40-b1 5.3.18-lp152.106-default #1 SMP Mon Nov 22 08:38:17 UTC 2021 (52078fe) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Everything seems to be the same as prior to the update so I guess I am running a snapshot of the old system? A quick check in /boot/grub2/ shows that i386-pc folder contains files maybe written around the time of update. If you have any suggestion for what to try, or would like me to show more info please let me know. Al
my email is faconle@gmail.com
What is output from inxi -Gxx when you boot 15.2? If you have an old enough Radeon GPU or IGP, the kernel's radeon module for it is broken, and this bug is a duplicate of bug 1195142 .
setting needinfo: output of "inxi -Gxx" with 15.2
Hi Andreas, Output from inxi -Gxx is: > inxi -Gxx Graphics: Device-1: AMD RS880 [Radeon HD 4290] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: radeon v: kernel bus ID: 01:05.0 chip ID: 1002:9714 Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: ati,radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz s-dpi: 96 OpenGL: renderer: AMD RS880 (DRM 2.50.0 / 5.3.18-lp152.106-default LLVM 9.0.1) v: 3.3 Mesa 19.3.4 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes Thanks, Albrecht Windsor, ON Canada
I think I was able to get into 15.3 repair mode (Console only) and could try that again if it helps debug or fix. Al
If you think it would help the process, I could try the suggested fix in the previous bug posted at: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1195142 -------------------- As a workaround, you can simply copy the old radeon module file from 5.3.18-59.40 to *-43, e.g. # mkdir /lib/modules/5.3.18-*.43-default/updates # cp /lib/modules/5.3.18-*.40-default/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon.ko* /lib/modules/5.3.18-*.43-default/updates/ # depmod 5.3.18-150300.59.43-default # mkinitrd ----------------------------------- I found the file x1-6-f4-6d-04-0f-40-b1:/lib/modules/5.3.18-lp152.106-default/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon # ls radeon.ko and am copying it to a USB memory stick Al
Your 11 year old HD 4290 is among those affected by bug 1195142. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1195142 ***