Installation on ThinkPad X1 Extreme (2018)

Suhrad · 2020-04-22 12:24:24

I am trying to install Devuan on this model: https://psref.lenovo.com/Detail/ThinkPa … 20MF000TMZ

I tried the regular .iso and since I suspected graphic card issues the "minimal" image as well. For both, the process goes into some kind of loop after a while. See the attached (crappy, since the text size is tiny) pics. There is a message about pciehp_isr and xhci_hcd being unresponsive and an invalid bridge configuration on [bus00-00].

Things I did: Followed the Debian wiki about things to turn off in the BIOS. Tried to install latest Debian, which also goes into a loop, however on the message: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks. Tried latest Ubuntu live as well, which worked fine when using live image.

Any pointers will be appreciated.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-04-22 12:29:35

Which ISO image are you using? It's always best to provide the actual URL to avoid any ambiguity.

I think you'll need the beowulf beta for hardware that new.

Suhrad · 2020-04-22 12:37:15

Sorry about that. I tried devuan_beowulf_3.0.0_beta_amd64_desktop-live.iso
In the download history:
https://mirror.leaseweb.com/devuan/devu … p-live.iso

xinomilo · 2020-04-22 12:39:25

try installing from a usb2 stick. usb3 is still buggy in linux kernel.

Suhrad · 2020-04-22 12:48:32

The stick certainly predates USB3, however looking at the specs (PDF) it seems the ports on the laptop are all USB3. I could try to put the image on the stick that I used for the Ubuntu live image, though.

Suhrad · 2020-05-05 19:31:32

After disabling Thunderbolt support in the pre-boot environment (BIOS) I was able to install Devuan (from a USB3 stick, IIRC). It booted fine initially, but after installing the non-free Nvidia drivers, the boot process stops at some point and all that shows is a blinking cursor. I can get a terminal with internet connectivity by using Ctrl+Alt+F2 though. I followed the Nvidia troubleshooting on the Debian wiki, but I haven't managed to get back to LXQt again since, even after purging nvidia-driver.

There is no apparent error message, other than this last line in syslog:
May 5 21:05:27 xyz connmand[2295]: IPv6 online check failed for 0x66002f48c132 tgv-99999

And the last line of user.log:
May 5 21:04:28 xyz pcscd: ccid_usb.c:1266:ControlUSB() control failed (1/4): -7 LIBUSB_ERROR_TIMEOUT

I couldn't find anything helpful to those in relation to my boot problem.

Any pointers?

(Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti)

Edit: It does seem, it can't find the Nvidia?
Xorg.0.log:

[    12.271] 
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    12.271] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[    12.271] Current Operating System: Linux dev1 4.19.0-8-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.98-1+deb10u1 (2020-04-27) x86_64
[    12.271] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-8-amd64 root=UUID=83815c03-cfa8-435b-ac0b-329f94f2866d ro quiet
[    12.271] Build Date: 05 March 2019  08:11:12PM
[    12.271] xorg-server 2:1.20.4-1 (https://www.debian.org/support) 
[    12.271] Current version of pixman: 0.36.0
[    12.271] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    12.271] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    12.271] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue May  5 21:04:25 2020
[    12.272] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[    12.272] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    12.274] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[    12.274] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[    12.274] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[    12.275] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[    12.275] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[    12.275] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[    12.275] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    12.275] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    12.275] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    12.275] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    12.276] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[    12.276] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    12.278] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
	built-ins
[    12.278] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    12.278] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[    12.278] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[    12.278] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[    12.278] (II) Loader magic: 0x557e32077e20
[    12.278] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    12.278] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    12.278] 	X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[    12.278] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[    12.278] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    12.279] (++) using VT number 7

[    12.279] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    12.280] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[    12.280] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    12.292] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:3e9b:17aa:2267 rev 0, Mem @ 0x404a000000/16777216, 0x80000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00004000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    12.292] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:1c8c:17aa:2267 rev 161, Mem @ 0xbf000000/16777216, 0x60000000/268435456, 0x70000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    12.292] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    12.292] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    12.297] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    12.297] 	compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    12.297] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    12.297] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    12.298] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[    12.298] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    12.298] 	compiled for 1.20.1, module version = 2.4.0
[    12.298] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    12.298] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    12.298] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[    12.323] vesa: Ignoring device with a bound kernel driver
[    12.323] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[    12.323] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    12.323] (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.
[    12.323] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    12.324] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    12.324] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    12.324] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    12.324] (EE) 
[    12.410] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Last edited by Suhrad (2020-05-05 19:43:58)

Head_on_a_Stick · 2020-05-05 22:03:04

Suhrad wrote:

[    12.272] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Remove that file.

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Installation on ThinkPad X1 Extreme (2018)

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