Re: Fwd: unable to boot when monitor is attached

[Bagas Sanjaya]

On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 07:10:13AM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I notice a regression report on Bugzilla [1]. Quoting from it:
> 
> > 
> > In the latest 6.3 and 6.4, it is impossible for me to boot my laptop if my DELL U2720Q monitor is plugged in (USB-C). I have to unplug it, then boot. As soon as the first second of boot went through, I can plug in my monitor and there is no issue afterward. There is no issue waking up after suspend. Only when it boots.
> > 
> > See the attached pictures of the trace. The trace itself seems random (at least to me :)). I tried several things, like removing any attached USB devices from the monitor built-in USB-hub, but that does not change anything. (there is a keyboard and trackpad attached).
> 
> See Bugzilla for the full thread.
> 
> Unfortunately, the reporter can only provide photos of kernel trace
> (as he doesn't have any other means to extract kernel logs, maybe
> connecting over serial helps; see Bugzilla for these attachments).
> 
> Anyway, I'm adding it to regzbot so that it doesn't fall through
> cracks unnoticed:
> 
> #regzbot introduced: v6.1..v6.3 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217637
> #regzbot title: unable to boot with Dell U2720Q monitor attached
> 

A PureBoot developer noted that this regression is firmware bug
(see Bugzilla), thus:

#regzbot inconclusive: firmware bug, fixing the kernel only workarounds buggy firmware

Thanks.


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