I am a returnee to Manjaro - it’s been a few years since I was a user. After I was getting all excited about installing my favorite programs I remembered that last time I had an issue with sleep (suspend) so I’d better try it out. Wouldn’t you know it, no wake up!
When the computer powers back on again there is a slight screen tear on the bottom quarter of the screen, then that goes away and there is a black screen with an unblinking dash or underscore at the top left.
My motherboard is the Gigabyte 78LMT-USB3 and I’m running an AMD FX-6300 with 8gb of memory and a Samsung EVO SSD. I did a full disk encryption and didn’t mess around with the partitions (meaning that I got the swap that was recommended). The ISO is the most current. I ran updates but I haven’t yet updated to the most recent kernel.
I’m really hoping I can give Manjaro another go! Thanks for reading.
I thought that motherboard looked familiar. I’ve got the same one in my desktop machine. This may be a silly question but do you have the latest firmware for it installed?
It looks like there was only one BIOS flash update, which I ran years ago.
What about video drivers? I heard somewhere that video drivers are often the culprit. How do I experiment with changing them, is it a good idea? In Manjaro Settings Manager I see three choices:
I’m afraid in not entirely sure. I’m not running Manjaro on that machine. I’ve got a separate video card in it that’s using the default Debian driver for ati cards and it works as expected. I know that’s not helpful.
So, is anyone able to explain to me how to make a journalctl log? If I do a fresh boot to try a suspend the log should be short and sweet, no?
I read a thread on here where someone said they solved this problem with suspend by uninstalling kernel 57 (even though they weren’t running it). Does this sound reasonable?
The changes here could cause getting a black screen at boot. So just in case, have bootable live disk ready to fix it. Also possible to fix it is by switching to another TTY: CTRL+ALT+F1/F2/F3, login and open the file with: sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-radeon.conf change to legacy.
I guess you have try some options and switch them if needed.
More information: man radeon
What your jounrnal log says:
Nov 30 11:32:54 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: WB enabled
Nov 30 11:32:54 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x00000000a0000c00 and cpu addr 0x000000009ce7e279
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Nov 30 11:33:04 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 10050msec
Nov 30 11:33:04 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:04 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 10557msec
Nov 30 11:33:04 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:05 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 11064msec
Nov 30 11:33:05 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:06 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 11570msec
Nov 30 11:33:06 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:06 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 12077msec
Nov 30 11:33:06 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:07 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 12584msec
Nov 30 11:33:07 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:07 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 13090msec
Nov 30 11:33:07 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:08 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 13597msec
Nov 30 11:33:08 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:08 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 14104msec
Nov 30 11:33:08 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:09 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 14610msec
Nov 30 11:33:09 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:09 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 15117msec
Nov 30 11:33:09 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:10 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 15624msec
Nov 30 11:33:10 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:10 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 16130msec
Nov 30 11:33:10 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:11 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 16637msec
Nov 30 11:33:11 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:11 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 17144msec
Nov 30 11:33:11 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:12 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 17650msec
Nov 30 11:33:12 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:12 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 18157msec
Nov 30 11:33:12 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:13 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 18664msec
Nov 30 11:33:13 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:13 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 19170msec
Nov 30 11:33:13 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:14 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 19677msec
Nov 30 11:33:14 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:14 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 20184msec
Nov 30 11:33:14 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:15 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 20690msec
Nov 30 11:33:15 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:15 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 21197msec
Nov 30 11:33:15 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:16 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 21704msec
Nov 30 11:33:16 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:16 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 22210msec
Nov 30 11:33:16 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:17 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 22717msec
Nov 30 11:33:17 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:17 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 23224msec
Nov 30 11:33:17 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:18 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 23730msec
Nov 30 11:33:18 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:18 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 24240msec
Nov 30 11:33:18 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:19 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 24744msec
Nov 30 11:33:19 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:19 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 25250msec
Nov 30 11:33:19 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:20 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 25757msec
Nov 30 11:33:20 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:20 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 26264msec
Nov 30 11:33:20 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:21 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 26770msec
Nov 30 11:33:21 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:21 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 27277msec
Nov 30 11:33:21 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:22 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 27784msec
Nov 30 11:33:22 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)
Nov 30 11:33:22 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: ring 0 stalled for more than 28290msec
Nov 30 11:33:22 Manjaro kernel: radeon 0000:01:05.0: GPU lockup (current fence id 0x000000000001c2d5 last fence id 0x000000000001c2ef on ring 0)