Radeon RX Vega 56 stuck at boot logo

I changed the topic title into something more relevant, otherwise you might as well want help on choosing accessories for the tank of your goldfish.

When iGPU and eGPU are enabled, then Linux should select one. Usually it's the eGPU. I guess it's an LE bug not to do so.

To use multiple GPU's at the same time needs compatible GPU's and special driver support. I don't know your iGPU, and I bet it's not compatible to your eGPU. Generally your eGPU can be clustered (adding more eGPU's) by using AMD CrossFire.

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Is there a way to see if it’s a possible bug in LE?

Stranding at the boot logo sounds like a sure bet.

We have a bug report sub-forum you can use.

It's important to follow the rules for bug reports.

Post the part of the EFI settings, which do not work for LE (enabled iGPU).

Provide a log file.

If you can login by SSH while stranding at boot logo, then the output of dmesg and lspci would be interesting.

LE supports a single GPU being used, and if you have multiple devices the one used is determined through udev, see:

LibreELEC.tv/97-xorg.rules at master · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

^ the i915 device will be detected first, the amdgpu or radeon drivers are later. The simplest option to prevent i915 from being used is to blacklist the kernel module so it's not loaded at boot, e.g.

echo "blacklist i915" > /storage/.config/modprobe.d/i915.conf

This will prevent udev seeing the node from the driver and it should find the AMD card instead.

NB: the above assumes i915 is the module name. It's about 10-years since I booted LE on anything with an Intel GPU so check it's right first.

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Now I'm logged in to the system via ssh. I did try to paste commands from #8 but nothing happened, so now I'm stuck one again.

Did you do this?

1. mount -o remount,rw /flash
2. nano /flash/syslinux.cfg (opens the config file with the nano editor)
3. add initcall_blacklist=i915_init as the last line of the config file
4. type the key combination STRG+O to write your changes into the config file
5. type the key combination STRG+X to leave the nano editor
6. reboot LE to see whether it as any effect

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I managed to open the nano editor, but I'm not sure were exactly to copy the blacklist info. And when I type the SRTG+O I only type in the letters what am I missing? I'm confused why can't there be a LibreElec whit out this problem?

Oh man, we are really going into the total basics now.

If you open the file with nano /flash/syslinux.cfg, then watch for file content.

If there is no content (I don't have any content at my one), you can instantly start typing this:

APPEND initcall_blacklist=i915_init

If the file already has an APPEND line, add " initcall_blacklist=i915_init" at the end of that line.

After typing, find the key Strg on your keyboard. Sometimes the key is labeled as Ctrl or Control. It's on the bottom left of the keyboard.

Press that key, and while keeping it pressed, press the O key to store the config file.

After that, do the same with the X key to leave the editor.

Type reboot and press Enter to reboot LE.

Sorry, I made an error at my explanation. According to mglae it has to be like this (merge last two lines):

DEFAULT linux

PROMPT 0

LABEL linux

KERNEL /KERNEL

APPEND boot=UUID=5DBE-1C09 disk=UUID=3a4bdefa-03f7-4274-bc32-a678e035269d quiet initcall_blacklist=i915_init