OM6 iso do not work on bare metal OpenMandrivaLx.6.0 iso 3874-plasma6x11.znver1.iso

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I tried two isos both have same welcome screen glitch.
I assume that all iso files have same problems

OpenMandrivaLx.6.0-snapshot.20250420.3874-plasma6x11.znver1.iso
Guys Huston we have problem XD. Eagle has not landed
I just fresh installed zenver on bare metal. What a mess. I got back to om 5 for now.
Let me explain the issue.

a. installation went smooth (I used ventoy with /run/initramfs/omv/Live os open)
a1. welcome screen looks like a bunch of random artifacts.
It looks similar to graphic glitches when your gpu dies.
b. I boot newly installed system and boom.

  1. empty desktop with wallpaper only (no files on it and i have few)
  2. Zero reaction on keyboard or mouse input (no right click menu nothing)
  3. no taskbar / manubar/ kdebar on a bottom of a screen
  4. No way to open console or anything
    A complete dead zombie system

When I roll back to OM 5 everything works like charm like always

my full spec

System:
Host: Kernel: 6.6.2-desktop-1omv2390 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.9 Distro: OpenMandriva Lx 5.0 Iodine
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B450M-HDV R4.0
serial: UEFI: American Megatrends v: P10.10
date: 01/24/2024
CPU:
Info: 6-core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP cache: L2: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 616 min/max: 400/4464 cores: 1: 3000 2: 400 3: 400
4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 11: 400 12: 400
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Navi 23 [Radeon RX 6600/6600 XT/6600M] driver: amdgpu
v: kernel
Device-2: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
driver: amdgpu v: kernel
Device-3: driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
Display: x11 server: [X.org](http://x.org/) v: 1.21.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.2 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: kms_swrast,radeonsi,swrast
platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: amd mesa v: 23.3.0-rc4 renderer: AMD Radeon RX
6600 (radeonsi navi23 LLVM 17.0.5 DRM 3.54 6.6.2-desktop-1omv2390)
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.264 drivers: radv,llvmpipe surfaces: xcb,xlib
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
Device-4: driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
Device-5: JMTek LLC. driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB
API: ALSA v: k6.6.2-desktop-1omv2390 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.85 status: active (process)
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac:
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169
IF: enp10s0 state: down mac: 70:85:c2:9a:d6:7c
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb type: USB
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
address:
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 33.0 C fan: 0 device: amdgpu temp: 28.0 C
Info:
Processes: 381 Uptime: 24m Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est.
available: 62.19 GiB used: 4.44 GiB (7.1%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.31
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Did you replace the root partition while keeping the old /home?

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Yup, that is exactly what I have done. That’s wrong / improper?
I replaced / format /efi /boot and / i kept old home intact

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That should work and has worked in our testing with a few glitches, but of course using P5 configs with P6 might tell it to load some stuff that doesn’t exist anymore or so. Can you try with a new user account to be sure?

There is no difference between the live system and the installed system, so any reports that the installed system behaves differently from the live system is usually a configuration thing.

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I used this iso OpenMandrivaLx.6.0-snapshot.20250420.3876-plasma6x11.x86_64.iso

This is the only iso from those I used that works with no issue, ok maby those two

  • Few icons look funny
    -Welcome screen is a total mess.
    Everything else is great for now
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Screenshot of welcome screen?

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welcome
welcome1050×746 145 KB

My welcome screen. It looks same on actual installed system and live iso
@LeeTalbert You’re right I should have add this :slight_smile:

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@grafi install xguest and enter the guest user to check new configuration.

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This may have something to do with your problems? I would disable one and try that and if that works OK if not try the other. No, I do not know how to do this, I would guess you do this in the computer firmware/BIOS. I do not have dual graphics, never have.

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Device-2: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
driver: amdgpu v: kernel

It is set as secondary in uefi so it is probably not that. When it is set as secondary, it is turned off till needed.
I will check tomorrow in VM how this welcome screen looks. I will use exact same iso I have used during install on my PC

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I don’t know. This is something you would expect to see with nVidia not AMD graphics.

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Exactly. Anyway I will investigate this further I let you all know of any findings or workarounds

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@grafi, a possibility, I would consider a corrupted download or corrupted copy to install media such as a usb flash drive as possible causes. If this is specific to OM-Welcome and other apps work OK under your graphics this could be some missing file or something missing with in a file. As a tester I do a lot of downloading and cp to flash drive and it does not happen often but it does happen occasionally.

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I checked downloaded iso against checksum, but maybe something goes wrong during the iso transfer to a flash drive. I will definitely investigate that. But… i must add that the om welcome screen issue was present on few different iso images that I downloaded and used.

I will certainly try to manually turn off my AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]

I made preparation for that yesterday, but I prefer to use that option as last resort.
Both cards are managed by same driver ** amdgpu** so one mestake and I have more troubleshooting on my shoulders then it is worth it.

This glich is not a big deal at all. Anyways, I will back up my configs and disable my Radeon Vega.
As for now i removed om-welcome from the system i will reinstall it after reboot and start from there.

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I have seen such problems with isos where the checksums are OK. checksum OK means problems are much less likely but…

If your system works for you I would not worry and just use it.

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System works almost perfect with a few little inconveniences. And it’s Ok. Haven’t seen such thing like perfect system ever. I will try to resolve the issue just for the sake of it. I do not rely on gui at all but since it baby important for some folks I will try to check this right to the bottom.
I think my hardware is a problem, but it is just a wild guess for now