On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 5:33:36 AM UTC, CooSee wrote: > hello, > > i'am a long time FunToo (GenToo) User. > > I bought a Sapphire Nitro + RX590 and thought this will work perfect with > Qubes OS. > > But there were some hiccups, because the kernel is to old including very old > Firmware files. > > I could only start installer with ' amdgpu.dpm=0 ' and everything went fine. > > After playing around with the System, i decided to reinstall and choose XFS > Filesystem (the System is noticeably faster) and just a little SWAP file > (1024MB), because my System RAM is 32GB. > > After some research i somehow managed the Problem regarding not included ' > amdgpu' Driver - just installed it from an old Fedora 25 Repository - and i > also downloaded current available Firmware files from Fedora 31 Repository > and copied to dom0 ;-). > > I was happy to see new Kernels, but none of them are working ! > > On the Lightdm login screen, there are some graphic glitches, just the > backround and after typing my user Password, Lightdm crashs and toss me back > to Login menu. > > Only working Kernel without glitches are 4.14.74 and 4.14.103 with > 'amdgpu.dpm=0 and plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles' grub option. > > I also tried to compile a kernel with the config from my Funtoo System, but > the behaviour is the same, no login possible or the Desktop just crashs after > some time and i'am back to login screen. > > I must admit that RPM based System are PITA including SystemD and XFCE is a > ugly Desktop Environment - i hope MATE will be available in the Future. > > And i also hope you switch to Debian (or maybe to GenToo) for dom0, because > it is uncomplicated and APT is very easy to handle. > > I'am wondering why all new Kernels don't work on my System - is dom0 just to > old? > > here's my System: > > --- > > bequiet! Silent Base 800 Black > > MSI C236A Workstation - Intel Xeon E3-1245v5 - 32GB RAM Kingston - Sapphire > Nitro+ Radeon RX590 8G > > Samsung SSD PM961 M.2 128GB - Samsung SSD 840 EVO 120GB - Crucial m4 SSD 128GB > > Creative Sound Blaster RX PCIe - Logitech Speaker System Z623 2.1 > > Logitech G110 Keyboard - Optical Gaming Mouse G400 > > --- > > thx
That seems strange. There was an issue with the firmware not supporting the rx 590 properly due to some last-minute changes, but kernels 4.19 and up should support it just fine, so long as you have the newer one. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/06418773-5921-4e60-a760-0853b77eeaa9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
