Re: [tlug] BIOS / Video Problems

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

Oh, and both machines are AMD FX powered.  I will have to see if thre are any Intel parts in the North or South bridges, but am doubtful.

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 6:34 PM, CL <az.4tlug@example.com> wrote:

Furkan Mustapha wrote:

> I feel like this might be related?
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1734147
> https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/ubuntu-corrupting-lenovo-laptop-bios
>
> The issue mentions Lenovo laptops, but it probably effects many EFI BIOSes.

ARGH!  This may be a clue ...

The not very much working machine (hereinafter Machine Two) was upgraded to Lubuntu 17.10.  After the fire, the front of the case had water run down it and I had video fail after drying the machine out for almost a month.  Believing the issue was water damage, I bought a new case, mobo, and vid card with zero luck on fixing the video issue.  The problem came to my main machine (Machine One) after I tried out the SSD (which was booting Lubuntu 17.10) on my Debian machine and may  have accidentally started to reboot Lubuntu instead of shutting down to remove said SSD.  I have been wondering whether there might have had something video killing in the code.  The second motherboard has a UEFI BIOS (first machine mobo doesn't) but neither has proper video driving a video card.  Machine One (ASRock mobo) has onboard video, Machine Two (ASUS mobo)does not.  Video cards work on neither.

Any suggestions?  I am reading, but it isn't sinking in quickly.

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On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:26 PM, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.kalin@example.com> wrote:

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:42 AM, Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com> wrote:
> FWIW, I did read about this a while ago and according to one source,
> such as this web site
> (http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=135661), Intel SPI
> configurations is set to "N" on Debian systems.  (Does anyone who know
> better can confirm this?  I actually don't know what it means...)
>
SPI is wire protocol for serial communication (Serial Programming Interface).
It is used, among other things, to program the flash that holds BIOS
and its settings.
Hoping debian does provide /proc/config by default, try:

zcat /proc/config.gz|fgrep SPI_INTEL_SPI_PLATFORM

Cheers,
Kalin.

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