Hi folks,
I read the Phoronix article and saw that there were boot issues on any distro they tested on other than Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I was wondering if any fellow Solus user tried the third gen Ryzen processors yet. I am planning on getting one, and ideally I would get it after I know it works well with Solus 🙂

I don't know if you're the same person who asked on reddit, so I'll copy paste what I said in reply here as I think its worth waiting a bit longer for information regardless of if anyone has tested solus on it or not:

I've confirmed with AMD they do have an open issue surrounding "5.0.9" (the stock kernel of Ubuntu 19.04)
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Complicating this issue further is that when trying Linux 5.0/5.1/5.2 kernels on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, they all booted up fine!

Solus 4 ISO ships with kernel 4.20.16. Once you update you'll be on 5.1.14. I don't know when zen2 support was added to the kernel an there simply isn't enough information on the issue yet to know exactly what is going on. If you're concerned hold off a few weeks to a month.

I plan on waiting at least a week or two, to see if there are any X570 motherboards to steer clear of when paired with a 3900X or are just poor in general. It just doesn't pay to be an early adopter. I've been waiting 7 months with money in my account ready to go for zen2 launch, I feel your pain. I think it worth holding off just a bit longer for.

@Harvey
I saw that too I believe, but I'm not that person 🙂
I will definitely wait, and I have been reading up on the discussions online around what is the root cause (kernel, firmware, systemd, all of the above, etc.). Just wanted to post the discussion here so if anyone tried, their experiences will be collected to easily review for anyone who is interested. Any maybe the team members can chip in if they ever hear about the support (when it is added/solved) themselves.

    arkhenius
    Yeah absolutely, I'm eager to hear from people testing too. I just want to make sure people who haven't pulled the trigger on a new system yet, think about the downsides of being an early adopter before buying into a new platform they're going to be stuck with for some time.

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      Justin body paint stream incoming? lol

          Someone on reddit mentioned that rolling back the systemD version fixed the issue for them?

          Justin - - haha yeah I'll get right on that ......... what is it they say Christmas in July or some such thing.

            There may be a small update: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ryzen-3K-RdRand-Systemd-Maybe
            It may have been a systemd issue which may have been fixed via a patch on May. However, apparently there was no systemd release since April, which is why this issue persists currently on rolling release/newer distros.
            I know, lots of "may be"s. We still need to wait 🙂 But just wanted to provide the update for those that are interested. I wonder if it's possible to apply the mentioned patch and test it out on Solus. I am planning on getting one of the CPUs later this week regardless, and am willing to test it if need be.

            I've been doing some reading and have seen it mentioned that the issue is with SystemD version 243 and greater. It seems that my current stable version of solus is on SystemD 233. I am getting a 3700x on Thursday so I will let you guys know if it works!

            JoshStrobl
            Hopefully I can build my system and install Solus straight away then. I will be very keen to see what its like running from an NVME ssd paired with the 3700x. On my I3 laptop + NVME ssd its already very fast to boot.

              looking forward to your reports guys, ill be getting mine in a few weeks or maybe months

              4 days later

              I should update that a 3900X works out of the box with no issue! 🙂 Even boosts and voltage regulates properly, compared to Windows where I am seeing lots of people on Reddit having issues getting them to boost; advantages of the kernel I guess 🙂