Solus just doesn't run on kernel 6.10 or higher

SoKnightMF

Hello! I recently (a month or two ago) ran into the problem that on linux-current with kernel 6.10 or newer, my system simply won't start. The thing is that I don't have integrated graphics, and for discrete graphics (RTX 3050) I have to install the official NVIDIA driver every time I upgrade to a newer kernel. After another upgrade to linux-current I ran into the fact that after restarting I was unable to open any TTY on any F-key. I literally had the motherboard logo and nothing else: no desktop, no TTY to install the driver. It was very strange and happened for the first time in my entire Solus experience.

That I've already tried:

Chroot into the installed system from the Live CD and run through all the proposed fixes from the help center.
I found that the linux-current package is simply not fixed by reinstalling the package, eopkg check linux-current keeps reporting missing modules no matter how many times I reinstall it.
I once again started a dead system on an up-to-date linux-current (6.10.11-303), then booted from a Live CD, used chroot and analyzed all system logs from journalctl --system, but found no errors or relevant warns there: the system initializes and then shuts down on pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del.
I just tried everything I knew about, I even double-checked to see if I had any snap packages after dropping AppArmor support - there are none.

I have now rolled back to linux-current 6.8.12-293, where I had everything working.

Please advise me what else I can do for diagnostic purposes, what direction should I even look in?

Staudey

SoKnightMF I have to install the official NVIDIA driver every time I upgrade to a newer kernel.

Wait, do you mean you're manually installing the driver instead of using the Solus package? Yeah, that won't work with kernel updates at all.

nolan

Installing from DoFlicky "Hardware Drivers" should be enough, the drivers for the rtx 3050 series seems to be version 560.35 [source] and there is a package in the repo named nvidia-glx-driver-current and the last version for it is 560.35.03 [source: eopkg info nvidia-glx-driver-current]. Probably the "gereric" approach to install from the official driver have some problems with the implementation that Solus have for the kernel.
Install first nvidia-glx-driver-modaliases if not installed, then open Hardware Drivers and install everything from there.
Does installing from DoFlicky fails in your computer?, there were reports of it, not common though.

SoKnightMF

nolan Thank you so much! I installed the NVIDIA driver via DoFlicky, and when I booted with kernel 6.10 it booted - I can now see the picture on the screen with kernel 6.10, and my problem is solved!

nolan

Just for clarification, the drivers are in the repo.

SoKnightMF

@nobhobbor @stalebrim

I read your comments about the nvidia driver, I will take that into consideration and check it tomorrow, thank you very much!

But what do you say to the fact that I can't even run the actual Solus Plasma image? I just can't see anything but the motherboard logo on the screen. I even updated the bios to the actual version, but that didn't help. It feels like my hardware is not friendly with kernel 6.10:

Gigabyte H610M S2H DDR4
Intel i3-12100F
NVIDIA RTX 3050

Staudey

SoKnightMF But what do you say to the fact that I can't even run the actual Solus Plasma image?
SoKnightMF It feels like my hardware is not friendly with kernel 6.10:

The current Solus Plasma live image (version 4.5) is definitely not using kernel 6.10. Or are you talking about some pre-release ISO (not sure if those are going out at the moment).

Anyway, since you talked before about booting from an earlier kernel I would suggest doing just that again and then installing the nvidia drivers the normal way (via the Hardware Drivers utility).

SoKnightMF

I also tried both the default Solus Plasma boot option and the safe graphics option, but the result is same - nothing including access to TTY.

soboka

I have similar problem. I am currently running budgie desktop and it boot and work fine. But I can't access any other tty just black screen appear. My pc have nvidia card and the driver was installed with the Doflicky app.

nolan

maybe including nomodeset as boot option could help