cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39410719

Error when trying to install Bazzite specifically

I get the following error message:

amd_pstate: failed to register with return -19

And there’s more but then the screen turns into a creepy pasta gif looking thing of white and green shifting blocks, except for a few random letters.

But the issue doesn’t happen when I used a Garuda xfce I had laying around I used for an older PC (that was maybe too old for Bazzite?). That went into the installer and live iso environment without issues.

It’s a newish build I’m making for someone as a gift with the following hardware:

Asus Prime B550M-K AM4 microATX Kingston FURY Beast DDR4 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AM4

And a used Nvidia RTX 3060ti.

I have secure boot off I think (the Asus EZ bios is weird)

Update

I managed to install it using the text installer, but now it does this:

Then blank screen. Ctrl-Alt-F2 gives me a terminal at least and I did just get-logs which gives me the following:

Is this a Wayland issue?

Update 2:

Not a Wayland issue. But tried installing Fedora Kiinoite to rebase it to Bazzite, but Fedora has the same issue Bazzite did when trying to install, only it doesn’t mention the Elf 19 error, and it frezzes allowing me to take a picture:

I really love Bazzite and run it on my own computer, but I’m starting to think it doesn’t really run on older desktop hardware.

  • hoppolito@mander.xyzEnglish
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    27 days ago

    The fact that even bios is only 720p makes me think @Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de in the other answer may be on the right track.

    You don’t have an amazing amount of time, so perhaps eliminating variables one by one may make sense before digging through the bios downgrade rabbit hole.

    1. By trying a less bespoke distro it may be possible to eliminate distro doubts quicker. Try mint or fedora, see if they scale correctly in Live mode, and if they do, perhaps also when installed?
    2. otherwise, do you have a different monitor to exclude that variable as well?
    3. if other distros work, it’s unlikely to be a bios issue. If they don’t, which seems likely from the description, then you can follow the firmware discussion and return your efforts to bazzite

    This will take a little more upfront time but may save you some in the long run

    • Lumisal@lemmy.worldOP
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      27 days ago

      So the bios is only 720p when Garuda is installed.

      I have no clue why.

      It’s otherwise at full resolution.

      I’ll try a different distro like Mint to see if it boots into live (with correct scaling) first