Re: Minisforum X35G hangs on first boot.
On 3/25/21 11:02 PM, R. Ramesh wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to install debian buster
(debian-10.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso) on minisforum X35G. This comes
installed with windows 10. It has Core i3-1005G1 cpu 16GB memory and
512 PCIe nvme SSD as far as I can tell.
Everything during the install goes fine (warnings about some realtec
NIC firmware, but network is fine for install). However on the first
reboot, it gets all the way where it complains about NIC firmware and
hangs right there. The only thing I can do is to press power button
and the kernel will get out of hang and shutdown and power off.
Windows seem to dual boot fine.
I do not know how to proceed further with debug. Any help is much
appreciated.
Regards
Ramesh
I booted sysrescuecd and looked at couple of logs and figured out that
my system is booting after all. However it fails on lightdm startup. I
could switch to a different VT and get login prompt. This is what
systemctl status lightdm shows
lightdm.service - Light Display Manager
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lightdm.service; indirect;
vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2021-03-26 15:56:26
CDT; 1min 54s ago
Docs: man:lightdm(1)
Process: 932 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ "$(cat
/etc/X11/default-display-manager 2>/dev/null)" = "/usr/sbin/lightdm"
] (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 934 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/lightdm (code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 934 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Mar 26 15:56:26 yoda-mini systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Service
RestartSec=100ms expired, scheduling restart.
Mar 26 15:56:26 yoda-mini systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Scheduled
restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Mar 26 15:56:26 yoda-mini systemd[1]: Stopped Light Display Manager.
Mar 26 15:56:26 yoda-mini systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Start request
repeated too quickly.
Mar 26 15:56:26 yoda-mini systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Failed with
result 'exit-code'.
Mar 26 15:56:26 yoda-mini systemd[1]: Failed to start Light Display
Manager.
Mar 26 15:56:26 yoda-mini systemd[1]: lightdm.service: Triggering
OnFailure= dependencies.
Inspecting /var/log/lightdm/lightdm.log shows this:
.......
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Launching process 940: /usr/bin/X :0 -seat seat0
-auth /var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
[+0.01s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path
/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
[+0.01s] WARNING: Error getting user list from
org.freedesktop.Accounts:
GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name
org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Loading user config from /etc/lightdm/users.conf
[+0.01s] DEBUG: User rramesh added
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Process 940 exited with return value 1
[+0.02s] DEBUG: XServer 0: X server stopped
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7
[+0.02s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Removing X server authority
/var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Display server stopped
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Stopping session
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Session stopped
........
Looking at /var/log/lightdm/x-0.log, we see
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 4.19.0-12-amd64 x86_64 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux yoda-mini 4.19.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP
Debian 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30) x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-14-amd64
root=UUID=38181352-3024-4f42-8bf9-3f0b889b4fc0 ro quiet
Build Date: 01 December 2020 05:59:57PM
xorg-server 2:1.20.4-1+deb10u2 (https://www.debian.org/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.36.0
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Mar 26 15:56:26 2021
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs for all
framebuffer devices
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for
additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
Obviously, I did not invoke X and therefore fail to supply proper
arguments. I tried reinstalling lightdm and xorg-xserver, but that did
not work. I could wipe disk and reinstall everything again, but
I want to be sure that will fix the problem. Please recommend a suitable
next step.
Regards
Ramesh
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