have been using [testing] for a couple of years now and this is the first time i'm getting in trouble which i don't understand. i don't use a PS2 keyboard and was encouraged from others' positive reports with 3.13, so i upgraded. unfortunately this doesn't work with me, apparently because of my bios / graphics card and i received a bunch of repeating errors during boot (pasted below). i haven't seen this type of thing before and am not sure if this is bug report material or lack of understanding on my part -- and if bug report, against what, exactly? first here's my system (inxi -b): ---------------- System: Host: phani Kernel: 3.12.8-1-ARCH x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Awesome 3.5.2 Distro: Arch Linux Machine: Mobo: ASUSTeK model: K53SK version: 1.0 Bios: American Megatrends version: K53SK.203 date: 10/11/2011 CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU (-HT-MCP-) clocked at 1178.289 MHz Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Whistler LE [Radeon HD 6610M/7610M] X.Org: 1.15.0 driver: intel Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz, 1920x1080@60.0hz GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.0.2 Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8168 Card-2: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 100 driver: iwlwifi Drives: HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (42.2% used) Info: Processes: 252 Uptime: 21 min Memory: 1598.1/5876.2MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.18 ---------------- and then there's the errors, during two separate boots. once with acpi_call-git installed, once without: ---------------- Jan 28 01:52:38 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:52:38 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:52:38 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing BBDE (len 1036, WS 4, PS 0) @ 0xBCDB Jan 28 01:52:38 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing BB74 (len 76, WS 0, PS 8) @ 0xBB7C Jan 28 01:52:38 phani kernel: [drm] PCIE gen 2 link speeds already enabled Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: Wait for MC idle timedout ! Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: Wait for MC idle timedout ! Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x0000000000273000). Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8800a3148c00 Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8800a3148c0c Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000072118 and cpu addr 0xffffc90017632118 Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: [drm:r600_ring_test] *ERROR* radeon: ring 0 test failed (scratch(0x8504)=0xFFFFFFFF) Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: [drm:evergreen_resume] *ERROR* evergreen startup failed on resume Jan 28 01:52:39 phani kernel: [drm:radeon_pm_resume_dpm] *ERROR* radeon: dpm resume failed Jan 28 01:52:44 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:52:44 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing C588 (len 1136, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xC5B2 Jan 28 01:52:49 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:52:49 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:52:54 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:52:54 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:52:56 phani kdm[1076]: X server startup timeout, terminating Jan 28 01:52:59 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:52:59 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:53:04 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:53:04 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:53:09 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:53:09 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:53:14 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:53:14 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:53:18 phani kdm[1076]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled Jan 28 01:53:19 phani kernel: [drm:rv770_stop_dpm] *ERROR* Could not force DPM to low. Jan 28 01:57:56 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:57:56 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:57:56 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing BBDE (len 1036, WS 4, PS 0) @ 0xBCDB Jan 28 01:57:56 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing BB74 (len 76, WS 0, PS 8) @ 0xBB7C Jan 28 01:57:56 phani systemd[1]: Reached target Graphical Interface. Jan 28 01:57:56 phani systemd[1]: Startup finished in 4.310s (kernel) + 31.113s (userspace) = 35.423s. Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: Wait for MC idle timedout ! Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: Wait for MC idle timedout ! Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: [drm] PCIE GART of 1024M enabled (table at 0x0000000000273000). Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: WB enabled Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff8801be127c00 Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000080000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff8801be127c0c Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 5 use gpu addr 0x0000000000072118 and cpu addr 0xffffc900073b2118 Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: [drm:r600_ring_test] *ERROR* radeon: ring 0 test failed (scratch(0x8504)=0xFFFFFFFF) Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: [drm:evergreen_resume] *ERROR* evergreen startup failed on resume Jan 28 01:57:58 phani kernel: [drm:radeon_pm_resume_dpm] *ERROR* radeon: dpm resume failed Jan 28 01:58:03 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:58:03 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing C588 (len 1136, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xC5B2 Jan 28 01:58:08 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:58:08 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:58:13 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:58:13 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:58:13 phani kernel: type=1006 audit(1390854492.494:2): pid=1073 uid=0 old auid=4294967295 new auid=0 old ses=4294967295 new ses=1 res=1 Jan 28 01:58:18 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:58:18 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:58:22 phani systemd[1]: Starting Getty on tty2... Jan 28 01:58:22 phani systemd[1]: Started Getty on tty2. Jan 28 01:58:23 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:58:23 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:58:28 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:58:28 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:58:33 phani kernel: [drm:atom_op_jump] *ERROR* atombios stuck in loop for more than 5secs aborting Jan 28 01:58:33 phani kernel: [drm:atom_execute_table_locked] *ERROR* atombios stuck executing CEDE (len 62, WS 0, PS 0) @ 0xCEFA Jan 28 01:58:32 phani acpid: client connected from 1081[0:0] Jan 28 01:58:32 phani acpid: 1 client rule loaded Jan 28 01:58:33 phani kernel: Ebtables v2.0 registered Jan 28 01:58:34 phani kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team Jan 28 01:58:34 phani kernel: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team Jan 28 01:58:35 phani kdm[1074]: X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled Jan 28 01:58:39 phani kernel: [drm:rv770_stop_dpm] *ERROR* Could not force DPM to low. ----------------