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| author | Ben Ford <ben.fordnz@gmail.com> | 2018-07-13 09:47:48 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-07-13 09:47:48 +0100 |
| commit | 212a5a7d7ca7717a573f6404c0a2d2faaaf2a6d3 (patch) | |
| tree | 22eba6319ccae366209ad7e331c45290b4ca9073 /dell | |
| parent | 585a13d8b929aba086bed5f1fa3317afd30c39b3 (diff) | |
Add a note about rcu_sched problems
How I fixed my XPS15 after it being dead for two months
Diffstat (limited to 'dell')
| -rw-r--r-- | dell/xps/15-9550/README.wiki | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/dell/xps/15-9550/README.wiki b/dell/xps/15-9550/README.wiki index d673955..a4adf68 100644 --- a/dell/xps/15-9550/README.wiki +++ b/dell/xps/15-9550/README.wiki @@ -36,3 +36,17 @@ These settings are needed both for booting the final install, and installer itse * ''Update BIOS.'' According to Reddit, this helps with battery life. * ''Update Intel's Thunderbolt firmware.'' Without this, the Thunderbolt port will only work as power source, and not transfer data. + +=== Troubleshooting === + +==== rcu_sched freezing problems ==== + +After a recent update my machine became unstable. X couldn't start and even running `lspci` would lock the machine. I'm not sure what the root cause was, but I found the fix here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_15_9560#Troubleshooting + +TL;DR I added this line: + +``` +boot.kernelParams = [ "acpi_rev_override=1" "pcie_aspm=off" "nouveau.modeset=0" ]; +``` + + |