Re: F32 Install hangs on Lenovo x140e

Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 6 May 2020 08:17:59 -0400



    George,

    
    On 5/6/20 7:00 AM, George N. White III
      wrote:

    
        On Tue, 5 May 2020 at 11:23, Robert Moskowitz
          <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

        
          I downloaded the F32
            Server netinstall CD.

            
            I wanted a F32 Workstation netinstall, but I could not find
            one.  :(

            
            The system is a Lenovo x140e that I got used on ebay with no
            HD and only 

            4GB memory.  I pulled an SSD that had F28 on it and added
            4GB memory.

            
            this system will not boot as is.

          
          At my former work I sometimes needed a laptop for some
            simple task.  There 
          were usually several old unloved and unwanted laptops
            sitting around, but
          the first step was to run a memory test.   While that was
            running I could google
          for reports from users who had installed linux on that
            model, BIOS updates
          and diagnostics from the vendor, etc.   On models where
            it wasn't too difficult
          I would to open the case to clean dust off heatsinks,
            reseat connectors and 
          memory, and check for damaged components.  
          

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D68fAx4eSns 
            shows how to open the 

          
          case.
          

          Some laptop models had well-known failure modes, some
            with easy workarounds, 
          others not repairable.  The advantage of modern
            manufacturing is that many 
          problems are very reproducible across a particular model.
            
          
            I put the CD in a USB DVD/CD device, turn on the computer,
            press F12 for 

            boot menu and select the CD.

            
            I get the Install 32 or check media option and select
            Install.

            
            After a bit of time it goes back to the system boot message
            offering to 

            start F28 (which won't work anyway).

            
            What do I do to figure out what is wrong?

            
            I pulled an old Lenovo x120e and did the same start up.  I
            got into the 

            install menu for F32, so I don't think it is the CD media.

            
            any one have experience with the x140e?  Anyone can give me
            some 

            suggestions?

            
        https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X140e 
         

    thanks for this URL.  This is my 2nd x140e; first one was for F30. 
    And I learned the hard way about the broadcom-wl driver.

    
    So far this has helped me turn off bluetooth that I never use.

    
    But the video part looks important but I have lost track of where to
    add kernel options in the boot.  EFI really is different from the
    old days.  So where do I put:

    
    "The HD8330 video device on this laptop is part of the Sea Islands
    family (Kabini chipset) of AMD GPUs. As the new AMDGPU kernel driver
    is now needed as of Linux kernel 4.13 for GL support, adding 

    
    `amdgpu.cik_support=1 radeon.cik_support=0` 

    
    kernel parameters is required to boot with full OpenGL support. "

    
    thanks!

    
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