OpenMandrivaLx.4.2-snapshot-plasma.znver1.iso User Review

Hello All,

Today I tried OMA second time, since my first time did not go well. This time I chose to try the Rolling version since it has more updated upstream and kernel and packages, wishing my first time issues would be solved.

Well, the Live ISO boot was instantaneous !, booted under 10 seconds, yes that was amazing. But that excitement did not last when I installed to HDD and booted. The total load time was more than 1 minute ! :cry: Not only that, my old issues 1) no touchpach 2) no brightness control keys working still persist on this rolling version too

So I went and update to the latest upstream kernel version available which is

[root@jeevanism-81d2 jeevanism]# uname -r
5.7.7-desktop-1omv4002

And I disabled some startup services who systemd-analyze blame suggested as the culprits. I dont use LVM, so I disabled it, then disabled all CUPS services since I dont use a printer, I even disabled the ufw.service, yes.

Then as some people suggested here I added the grub parameter ivrs_ioapic[32]=00:14.0

below is my current grub line
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet logo.nologo acpi_osi=Linux acpi_osi='!Windows 2018' acpi_backlight=vendor ivrs_ioapic[32]=00:14.0 audit=0 rd.timeout=120 scsi_mod.use_blk_mq=1 dm_mod.use_blk_mq=1 rd.systemd.show_status=0 systemd.show_status=0"

Then I rebooted,

well, the boot load time is now

[root@jeevanism-81d2 jeevanism]# systemd-analyze 
Startup finished in 1.932s (kernel) + 13.995s (initrd) + 28.395s (userspace) = 44.323s 
graphical.target reached after 28.382s in userspace

which is not so great, I have to make it as close to 30sec atleast. I will post the blame results below.

and still, the touchpad is not detected, the brightness control keys are not working.
thats the situation now, I consider myself as an intermediate Linux User, I dont mind trembling with command line / konsole - any suggestions / help / tips, thank you in advance

here my systemd-analyze blame result

well, the userspace loading takes much time, I have to post this into the KDE forums I guess

Startup finished in 1.932s (kernel) + 13.995s (initrd) + 28.395s (userspace) = 44.323s 
graphical.target reached after 28.382s in userspace
[root@jeevanism-81d2 jeevanism]# systemd-analyze blame
21.392s systemd-journal-flush.service                        
 8.971s systemd-fsck-root.service                            
 4.827s initrd-switch-root.service                           
 3.853s wpa_supplicant.service                               
 3.734s NetworkManager.service                               
 3.120s nscd.service                                         
 2.892s avahi-daemon.service                                 
 2.886s rtkit-daemon.service                                 
 2.026s systemd-logind.service                               
 1.982s dbus-broker.service                                  
 1.930s smartd.service                                       
 1.777s systemd-udevd.service                                
 1.774s systemd-resolved.service                             
 1.364s dnf-makecache.service                                
 1.110s polkit.service                                       
  942ms systemd-rfkill.service                               
  886ms loadmodules.service                                  
  870ms irqbalance.service                                   
  784ms upower.service                                       
  783ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service                   
  726ms dracut-initqueue.service                             
  650ms udisks2.service                                      
  593ms systemd-random-seed.service                          
  564ms systemd-backlight@backlight:ideapad.service          
  550ms systemd-userdbd.service                              
  491ms systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-63D7\x2dC005.service
  459ms plymouth-switch-root.service                         
  284ms initrd-parse-etc.service                             
  273ms systemd-journald.service                             
  273ms plymouth-read-write.service                          
  244ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service                       
  228ms sysroot.mount                                        
  223ms systemd-backlight@backlight:amdgpu_bl0.service       
  209ms systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service                       
  184ms systemd-udev-trigger.service                         
lines 1-35
  1. Regarding the brightness keys issue -
    I had to do
[root@jeevanism-81d2 jeevanism]# xrandr -q | grep " connected"
eDP connected primary 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm

then
xrandr --output eDP --brightness 0.7

this would reduce brightness to 70% but I have to do this manually in each boot :frowning:

any suggestions to make this persistent ?

  1. The touchpad -
    well,
[root@jeevanism-81d2 jeevanism]# uname -r
5.7.7-desktop-1omv4002

has not support for touchpad, I dont know what to do. I wonder how Mageia 7.1 and 8 Alpha made the touch supported.
ivrs_ioapic[32]=00:14.0 this one did not help :frowning:

Please suggest more ideas

Lastly, my hw info as

[root@jeevanism-81d2 jeevanism]# inxi -F
System:    Host: jeevanism-81d2 Kernel: 5.7.7-desktop-1omv4002 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.18.4 
           Distro: OpenMandrivaLinux 4.2 Argon 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81D2 v: Lenovo ideapad 330-15ARR serial: PF1F0ZV2 
           Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: NO DPK serial: PF1F0ZV2 UEFI: LENOVO v: 7VCN24WW date: 06/15/2018 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 15.4 Wh condition: 25.8/35.0 Wh (74%) 
CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           Speed: 1367 MHz min/max: 1600/2000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1368 2: 1367 3: 1368 4: 1368 5: 1616 6: 1593 7: 1841 
           8: 2111 
Graphics:  Device-1: AMD Raven Ridge [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series] driver: amdgpu v: kernel 
           Display: x11 server: OpenMandriva X.org 1.20.8 driver: amdgpu FAILED: ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1366x768~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: AMD RAVEN (DRM 3.37.0 5.7.7-desktop-1omv4002 LLVM 10.0.0) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.7 
Audio:     Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.7.7-desktop-1omv4002 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8821ce 
           IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: b0:fc:36:c9:64:a1 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 
           IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: e8:6a:64:39:4e:4d 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 6.43 GiB (0.7%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 457.20 GiB used: 6.33 GiB (1.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 41.9 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 41 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:      Processes: 232 Uptime: 30m Memory: 7.39 GiB used: 1.49 GiB (20.2%) Shell: bash inxi: 3.0.38
 [root@jeevanism-81d2 jeevanism]# neofetch 
                  ``````                    jeevanism@jeevanism-81d2 
            `-:/+++++++//:-.`               ------------------------ 
         .:+++oooo+/:.``   ``               OS: OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 x86_64 
      `:+ooooooo+:.  `-:/++++++/:.`         Host: 81D2 Lenovo ideapad 330-15ARR 
     -+oooooooo:` `-++o+/::::://+o+/-       Kernel: 5.7.7-desktop-1omv4002 
   `/ooooooooo-  -+oo/.`        `-/oo+.     Uptime: 32 mins 
  `+ooooooooo.  :os/`              .+so:    Packages: 2221 (rpm) 
  +sssssssss/  :ss/                 `+ss-   Shell: bash 5.0.16 
 :ssssssssss`  sss`                  .sso   Resolution: 1366x768 
 ossssssssss  `yyo                    sys   DE: Plasma 
`sssssssssss` `yys                   `yys   WM: KWin 
`sssssssssss:  +yy/                  +yy:   Theme: Adwaita [GTK3] 
 oyyyyyyyyyys. `oyy/`              `+yy+    Icons: Adwaita [GTK3] 
 :yyyyyyyyyyyo. `+yhs:.         `./shy/     Terminal: konsole 
  oyyyyyyyyyyys:` .oyhys+:----/+syhy+. `    CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx (8) @ 2.000GHz 
  `syyyyyyyyyyyyo-` .:osyhhhhhyys+:``.:`    GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series 
   `oyyyyyyyyyyyyys+-`` `.----.```./oo.     Memory: 1441MiB / 7569MiB 
     /yhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyso+//://+osyhy/`
      `/yhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhy/`                                
        `:oyhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhyo:`                                  
            .:+syhhhhhhhhys+:-`
                 ``....``
[root@jeevanism-81d2 jeevanism]# screenfetch 
                             jeevanism@jeevanism-81d2
                             OS: OpenMandrivaLinux 4.2 Argon
                             Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.7.7-desktop-1omv4002
         #####               Uptime: 31m
        #######              Packages: Unknown
        ##O#O##              Shell: bash 5.0.16
        #######              Resolution: 1366x768
      ###########            DE: KDE 5.69.0
     #############           WM: KWin
    ###############          Disk: 6.5G / 462G (2%)
    ################         CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx @ 8x 2GHz
   #################         GPU: AMD RAVEN (DRM 3.37.0, 5.7.7-desktop-1omv4002, LLVM 10.0.0)
 #####################       RAM: 1704MiB / 7569MiB
 #####################

I tried kernel version - 5.8.0-0 but no luck, no touchpad. Since its a daily work laptop, touchpad is important, I could live with the brightness issue but not with this. Seems I am forced to switch back Mageia 8 :no_mouth:

One good news, the brightness keys are working :blush:. I have added below parameter to boot grub
acpi_backlight=native

still the touch-pad is not detected :pensive: