Boot method: it was an upgrade from the latest Debian Bookworm
Image version: it was an upgrade from the latest Debian Bookworm
Date: 2024-12-20
Machine: Acer Aspire 5930g
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
udev devtmpfs 1490632 0 1490632 0% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 304536 1812 302724 1% /run
/dev/sda1 ext4 431423496 309839264 99595676 76% /
tmpfs tmpfs 1522676 0 1522676 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs tmpfs 5120 8 5112 1% /run/lock
tmpfs tmpfs 1024 0 1024 0%
/run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs tmpfs 1522676 52 1522624 1% /tmp
tmpfs tmpfs 1024 0 1024 0%
/run/credentials/getty@tty1.service
tmpfs tmpfs 304532 116 304416 1% /run/user/1000
tmpfs tmpfs 304532 88 304444 1% /run/user/0
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [ ]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect media: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
The installation involved upgrading from Debian Bookworm (12.12) to
Debian Trixie (13.2). It was carried out in accordance with the Debian
Trixie release notes. The upgrade was completed without any issues. The
boot loader is GRUB 2 in an MBR configuration. The installed desktop
environment (DE) is KDE, with LightDM as the desktop manager.
The first boot with Debian Trixie was successful.
Unfortunately, the newly installed Debian Trixie failed to complete the
subsequent reboots after the initial shutdown. GRUB starts correctly,
loads and starts the kernel image, but the CPU resets after
approximately three seconds into the kernel initialisation sequence,
with no error message. I need to add the 'acpi=off' parameter to make
the kernel complete the boot sequence, which reduces functionality due
to the consequences of 'acpi=off'. To reset the ACPI and make the
computer boot again, I need to remove the battery and unplug the power
adapter for a certain amount of time (note: the internal coin battery
is exhausted and the CMOS/NVS memory relies only on the laptop battery).
Then, usually after the first reboot, the nouveau kernel module
malfunctions and PlasmaShell (KDE6) or its applications slow-down or
freeze with error messages like these:
# journalctl -b -2 -g nouveau:
gen 01 11:22:18 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA G96
(096480a1)
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: bios: version
62.94.1f.00.08
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: mxm: BIOS
version 2.1
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: vgaarb:
deactivate vga console
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fb: 512 MiB
GDDR3
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: drm: VRAM:
512 MiB
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: drm: GART:
1048576 MiB
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: drm: TMDS
table version 2.0
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: drm: MM:
using CRYPT for buffer copies
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: drm:
Skipping nv_backlight registration
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.4.0
for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
gen 01 11:22:19 debian-trixie kernel: fbcon: nouveaudrmfb (fb0) is
primary device
gen 01 11:22:20 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: [drm] fb0:
nouveaudrmfb frame buffer device
gen 01 11:22:20 debian-trixie systemd-modules-load[321]: Inserted module
'nouveau'
gen 01 11:22:23 debian-trixie sensors[841]: nouveau-pci-0100
gen 01 11:23:54 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo:
CACHE_ERROR -ch 4 [ksplashqml[1867]] subc 0 mthd 0600 data ffff9c19
gen 01 11:23:54 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo:
CACHE_ERROR - ch 4 [ksplashqml[1867]] subc 0 mthd 0604 data c14312c0
gen 01 11:23:54 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo:
CACHE_ERROR - ch 4 [ksplashqml[1867]] subc 0 mthd 0608 data ffff9c18
gen 01 11:23:54 debian-trixie kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo:
CACHE_ERROR - ch 4
[..]
These are ACPI's journal entries when Debian can boot the kernel:
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem
0x00000000bfd64000-0x00000000bfd9efff] ACPI NVS
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem
0x00000000bfde2000-0x00000000bfdfefff] ACPI data
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Early table checksum
verification disabled
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: RSDP 0x00000000000F7170
000024 (v02 PTLTD )
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: XSDT 0x00000000BFDF447D
00005C (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 06040000 INNA 00000000)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: FACP 0x00000000BFDE4000
0000F4 (v03 INTEL CRESTLNE 06040000 ALAN 00000001)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: DSDT 0x00000000BFDE5000
00A70D (v02 Intel CANTIGA 06040000 MSFT 03000000)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: FACS 0x00000000BFD9EFC0 000040
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: FACS 0x00000000BFD9EFC0 000040
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: HPET 0x00000000BFDFED86
000038 (v01 INTEL CRESTLNE 06040000 LOHR 0000005A)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: MCFG 0x00000000BFDFEDBE
00003C (v01 INTEL CRESTLNE 06040000 LOHR 0000005A)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: SLIC 0x00000000BFDFEDFA
000176 (v01 ACRSYS ACRPRDCT 06040000 ANNI 00000001)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: APIC 0x00000000BFDFEF70
000068 (v01 PTLTD ? APIC 06040000 LTP 00000000)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: BOOT 0x00000000BFDFEFD8
000028 (v01 PTLTD $SBFTBL$ 06040000 LTP 00000001)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0x00000000BFDE3000
000655 (v01 PmRef CpuPm 00003000 INTL 20050624)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving FACP table memory
at [mem 0xbfde4000-0xbfde40f3]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving DSDT table memory
at [mem 0xbfde5000-0xbfdef70c]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving FACS table memory
at [mem 0xbfd9efc0-0xbfd9efff]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving FACS table memory
at [mem 0xbfd9efc0-0xbfd9efff]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving HPET table memory
at [mem 0xbfdfed86-0xbfdfedbd]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving MCFG table memory
at [mem 0xbfdfedbe-0xbfdfedf9]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving SLIC table memory
at [mem 0xbfdfedfa-0xbfdfef6f]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving APIC table memory
at [mem 0xbfdfef70-0xbfdfefd7]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving BOOT table memory
at [mem 0xbfdfefd8-0xbfdfefff]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Reserving SSDT table memory
at [mem 0xbfde3000-0xbfde3654]
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00]
high edge lint[0x1])
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01]
high edge lint[0x1])
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0
global_irq 2 high edge)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9
global_irq 9 high level)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP
configuration information
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: HPET id: 0x8086a201 base:
0xfed00000
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Core revision 20240827
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: PM: Registering ACPI NVS
region [mem 0xbfd64000-0xbfd9efff] (241664 bytes)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: acpiphp: ACPI Hot Plug PCI
Controller Driver version: 0.5
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor
Aggregator Device)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: 2 ACPI AML tables
successfully acquired and loaded
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: [Firmware Bug]: BIOS
_OSI(Linux) query ignored
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF91E290F6B400
000265 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Ist 00003000 INTL 20050624)
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: Dynamic OEM Table Load:
gen 01 11:28:35 debian-trixie kernel: ACPI: SSDT 0xFFFF91E290F5D800
000549 (v01 PmRef Cpu0Cst 00003001 INTL 20050624)
I suspect that Debian Trixie 13.2 (with Linux Kernel 6.12) does not
support correctly:
1) the computer's ACPI: ACPI is corrupted after the first shutdown or
the first suspend to RAM or hibernation.
2) the computer's the nvidia GPU (GeForce 9600m, alias NVIDIA G96): it
generates error messages and faults
I'm currently booting with the following kernel parameters (note: the
nouveau.noaccel=1 id to minimize erros from nouveau kernel module):
$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.57+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=<REMOVED> ro
iommu=off trace_clock=global nouveau.noaccel=1
Debian Bookworm was not affected by these issues.