Compatibility finished on old hardware ?

    I tried an update ( manual update using generic-legacy first, after failure, also with generic only ) on an old Acer One 255 netbook.

    Until 10.0.4 ( 19.5 ) everything worked like a breeze.

    Now, after update to release 11 , the pc remain stuck after flashing image intro.

    What files can I provide in order to give the needed info to someone that could explain me where's the problem ?

    I can access the pc , connected on network by cable and with SMB working ( it seems).

    Last message before shutting down flashes too fast to stop and read it, just saw a "failed to finalize........something....)

    Now, downgraded to 10.0.4 again, and restored a backup I made before upgrading. All working good again.

    Wish to know if the reason for failure is some I can correct before trying a new upgrade. or leave any hope to upgrade because HW maybe too old.

    Kind regards and thanks for answering, eventually

    There is no such thing as a "stuck" screen, only GPUs that are perhaps no longer supported (or loading the wrong driver) and thus never overwrite the boot splash with Kodi. You should still be able to SSH into the box and run "pastekodi" to share a URL so we can see what's wrong or not working.

    NB: LE does not (and never will) guarantee to support all hardware. It's nice if things can keep going, but if older hardware doesn't align with our long-term technical direction and desire to keep the distro simple, we aren't going to bend over backwards to support it.

    just saying, we haven't dropped any hardware so likewise a bug or like chewitt said it uses the wrong driver for some reason

    As suggested, I tried again to upload using generic-legacy. After locking and reboot, restarted in debug mode.

    Here follow the "pastekodi" link. Hope will be useful for the "gurus" to see what's the problem.

    http://ix.io/4qkZ

    pastekodi

    BTW, this is my "backup" notebook. In living room have another one, old as well...( Packard Bell EasyNote ME69BMP Netbook ) and hope solution, if found, will be good for it also.

    Otherwise...."au revoir" with another next pastekodi after trying to update that one too.

    Kind regards

    Code
    2023-03-09 14:15:11.682 T:1194  warning <general>: Failed to get an OpenGL context supporting core profile 3.2, using legacy mode with reduced feature set
2023-03-09 14:15:11.765 T:1194     info <general>: Using visual 0x20
2023-03-09 14:15:11.796 T:1194     info <general>: VDPAU::CreateContext - creating decoder context
2023-03-09 14:15:11.799 T:1194     info <general>: vdp_device = 0x000000 vdp_st = 0x000001
2023-03-09 14:15:11.799 T:1194    error <general>: (VDPAU) unable to init VDPAU - vdp_st = 0x1.  Falling back.
2023-03-09 14:15:11.800 T:1194     info <general>: CRenderSystemGL::InitRenderSystem - Version: 2.1 Mesa 22.3.5, Major: 2, Minor: 1
2023-03-09 14:15:11.800 T:1194     info <general>: GL_VENDOR = Mesa Project
2023-03-09 14:15:11.800 T:1194     info <general>: GL_RENDERER = i915 (chipset: Pineview M)
2023-03-09 14:15:11.800 T:1194     info <general>: GL_VERSION = 2.1 Mesa 22.3.5
2023-03-09 14:15:11.800 T:1194     info <general>: GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION = 1.20

    The GPU fails to create the OpenGL surface needed for Kodi ^

    CvH I'm wondering if this device requires the older i965 driver?

    Checked the other netbook for HW, from what I see, same issue will come for video driver. Here the results.

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    LibreELEC-PB:~ # lspci

    00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series SoC Transaction Register (rev 0c)

    00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display (rev 0c)

    00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series SATA AHCI Controller (rev 0c)

    00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Trusted Execution Engine (rev 0c)

    00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio Controller (rev 0c)

    00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 0c)

    00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 0c)

    00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series USB EHCI (rev 0c)

    00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Power Control Unit (rev 0c)

    00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Atom Processor E3800 Series SMBus Controller (rev 0c)

    01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)


    LibreELEC-PB:~ # lshw -C video

    *-display

    physical id: 2

    bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0

    version: 0c

    width: 32 bits

    clock: 33MHz

    capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list rom

    configuration: driver=i915 latency=0

    resources: irq:89 memory:90000000-903fffff memory:80000000-8fffffff ioport:1050(size=8) memory:c0000-dffff

    ========================

    Videi driver is i915, that was cut as well, from last kernel, I see.

    So, no upgrade is possible for both, currently, I presume.

    This thread shows finally a successful installation of 11.0.0 on an Intel Atom Z3735F.

    For a test create an installation stick of Generic or Generic-Legacy and boot into run mode. The installation will not be touched.

    This thread is about N455 Pineview, the other thread about Z3735F Bay Trail.

    Please don't mix the removed classic/i915 mesa driver with drivers of other components named i915, especially the i915 kernel driver.

    Quote from mglae

    This thread is about N455 Pineview, the other thread about Z3735F Bay Trail.

    Please don't mix the removed classic/i915 mesa driver with drivers of other components named i915, especially the i915 kernel driver.

    Does this mean you say "successful" an install with working wi-fi and no video driver ? Funny.....