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[Hardware] Are these errors serious?

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[Hardware] Are these errors serious?

#1 Post by madzar »

Hi, I recently bought a laptop and installed Debian 11.
Although everything is running smoothly, I can't help but notice these errors during startup:

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[    2.886802] mce: [Hardware Error]: Machine check events logged
[    2.886805] mce: [Hardware Error]: CPU 0: Machine Check: 0 Bank 4: a600000000020408
[    2.886850] mce: [Hardware Error]: TSC 0 ADDR fef4c9e0 
[    2.886878] mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:706a8 TIME 1678482507 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode 16
[    5.452752] systemd[1]: Condition check resulted in Rebuild Hardware Database being skipped.
after some researching I read about a similar issue in Ubuntu Forums and they suggested to install linux-firmware-nonfree, after which the erros still persist and now it also returns this one which I'll tell you the truth, it fills my heart with fear and uncertainty.

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[    4.477044] i915 0000:00:02.0: [drm] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun
I made sure I'm using the latest Bios version, although there isn't an older one available.
What do these errors mean?
Thanks in advance :)

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#2 Post by sunrat »

Have you installed microcode for your processor? For intel it is intel-microcode, and for AMD amd64-microcode.
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#3 Post by stevepusser »

Perhaps an idea of the hardware on the laptop? Debian 11 is starting to have problems running well by default on recently released hardware. You can install inxi and show the result in code tags here of:

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inxi -Fxxxrza
Maybe a newer kernel could also help, since it contains a version of the acpi driver.
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sunrat wrote: 2023-03-20 21:40 Have you installed microcode for your processor? For intel it is intel-microcode, and for AMD amd64-microcode.
I tried installing and got

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 intel-microcode : Depends: iucode-tool (>= 1.0) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
@ stevepusser: Here is the inxi output for the CPU

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CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Celeron N4120 socket: U3E1 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Goldmont Plus family: 6 model-id: 7A (122) stepping: 8 microcode: 16 
  L2 cache: 4 MiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 8755 
  Speed: 787 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz base/boost: 1100/1100 volts: 0.7 V 
  ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 787 2: 763 3: 796 4: 737 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB 
  filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Not sure if related but the laptop is with non-removable battery and with a MMC drive

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madzar wrote: 2023-03-22 21:01
sunrat wrote: 2023-03-20 21:40 Have you installed microcode for your processor? For intel it is intel-microcode, and for AMD amd64-microcode.
I tried installing and got

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 intel-microcode : Depends: iucode-tool (>= 1.0) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
iucode-tool is in the contrib section of the repositories. Do you have that active?

It's a good idea to post the full output of requested commands. In this case the "r" option Steve asked for would have shown that so we wouldn't have had to ask again.
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#6 Post by Fossy »

@madzar
Although it can only contribute to your search for a solution it seems you are not eager to provide info on your hardware cf Stevepusser . Nothing wrong with that , these are e.g. mine :

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****@****-gl753vd:~$ inxi -Fxxxrza
System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 
  root=UUID=cb30499a-44ab-404a-bd3d-5f05a7775d72 ro quiet splash 
  resume=UUID=ae7931e2-067f-4e25-a21a-bfe52a97f503 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 tk: GTK 3.24.24 dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
  Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: GL753VD v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: GL753VD v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: GL753VD.308 date: 04/29/2019 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 39.7 Wh condition: 39.7/47.5 Wh (83%) volts: 16.2/14.4 
  model: Simplo SDI ICR18650 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Full 
  cycles: 33 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: F0 
  L2 cache: 6 MiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 44798 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 
  mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel 
  bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:591b class ID: 0300 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK 
  driver: nouveau v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c8d 
  class ID: 0302 
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo 
  bus ID: 1-11:5 chip ID: 13d3:5666 class ID: 0e02 serial: <filter> 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") 
  s-diag: 582mm (22.9") 
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128 
  size: 382x215mm (15.0x8.5") diag: 438mm (17.3") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:a171 class ID: 0403 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-21-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless 7265 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: e000 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:095a class ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 class ID: 0200 
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb 
  v: 0.8 bus ID: 1-9:4 chip ID: 8087:0a2a class ID: e001 
  Report: ID: hci0 state: down address: <filter> 
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:5 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch hold sniff 
  link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 34.43 GiB (28.9%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS128G39TND-N210A 
  size: 119.24 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0P10 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 110.15 GiB size: 107.86 GiB (97.92%) 
  used: 34.42 GiB (31.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 5.8 MiB (1.9%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 
  dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 37.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2000 
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 2533 lib: 1278 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  3: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eid.list 
  1: deb https://files.eid.belgium.be/debian bullseye main
Info:
  Processes: 233 Uptime: 1h 07m wakeups: 1 Memory: 7.66 GiB 
  used: 2.07 GiB (27.0%) Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
  gcc: 10.2.1 alt: 10 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running in: gnome-terminal 
  inxi: 3.3.01 
****@****-gl753vd:~$ 
For the answers to the questions Sunrat is asking you, you might want to check in Synaptic :

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Bookworm12.5_Cinnamon / Calamares Single Boot installations
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#7 Post by stevepusser »

Ubuntu Forums and they suggested to install linux-firmware-nonfree
Quite a trick when that's not in any Debian repository... https://packages.debian.org/search?keyw ... ection=all

or Ubuntu's, either.

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hey yeah sorry I thought you only needed the cpu part, here's the full output:

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System:
  Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.1 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.0-21-amd64 
  root=UUID=aef45e87-6ed0-41ca-8dcf-8f8c98cdb162 ro quiet 
  Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.24 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4 
  dm: LightDM 1.26.0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: TravelMate B311-31 v: V1.04 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: GLK model: Maracas_GL v: V1.04 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.04 
  date: 05/11/2020 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.9 Wh condition: 46.1/47.9 Wh (96%) volts: 11.9/11.4 
  model: T00304012 AP18C4K type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Celeron N4120 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Goldmont Plus family: 6 model-id: 7A (122) stepping: 8 microcode: 16 
  L2 cache: 4 MiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 bogomips: 8755 
  Speed: 743 MHz min/max: 800/2600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 743 2: 745 
  3: 755 4: 746 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
  Type: mds status: Not affected 
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected 
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB 
  filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected 
  Type: srbds status: Not affected 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel GeminiLake [UHD Graphics 600] 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
  chip ID: 8086:3185 class ID: 0300 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting 
  unloaded: fbdev,vesa display ID: :0.0 screens: 1 
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") 
  s-diag: 414mm (16.3") 
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 136 size: 256x144mm (10.1x5.7") 
  diag: 294mm (11.6") 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 600 (GLK 2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.3.5 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Celeron/Pentium Silver Processor High Definition Audio 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci bus ID: 00:0e.0 chip ID: 8086:3198 
  class ID: 0403 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-21-amd64 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel AC 1550i Wireless driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: 2000 
  bus ID: 00:0c.0 chip ID: 8086:31dc class ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp0s12f0 state: up mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 1000 
  bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10ec:8168 class ID: 0200 
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP) type: USB 
  driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus ID: 1-9:3 chip ID: 8087:0aaa class ID: e001 
  Report: ID: hci0 state: down address: <filter> 
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff 
  link-mode: slave accept 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 116.48 GiB used: 5.49 GiB (4.7%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 maj-min: 179:0 vendor: SanDisk model: DA4128 
  size: 116.48 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B rotation: SSD 
  serial: <filter> rev: 0x8 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw size: 115.02 GiB size: 112.66 GiB (97.94%) 
  used: 5.48 GiB (4.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p2 maj-min: 179:2 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%) 
  used: 5.8 MiB (1.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/mmcblk0p1 maj-min: 179:1 
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default) 
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 977 MiB used: 640 KiB (0.1%) 
  priority: -2 dev: /dev/mmcblk0p3 maj-min: 179:3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  Packages: apt: 1424 lib: 846 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main contrib non-free
  3: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  4: deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  5: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main
  6: deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main
Info:
  Processes: 179 Uptime: 5d 25m wakeups: 7 Memory: 3.65 GiB 
  used: 1.81 GiB (49.5%) Init: systemd v: 247 runlevel: 5 Compilers: 
  gcc: N/A Shell: Bash v: 5.1.4 running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.01 
I realized I didn't include contrib non-free at first so I wasn't able to see iucode-tool. In Synaptic Manager it now shows up but not installed.
Instead, amd64-microcode and firmware-amd-graphics are installed, though I don't remember manually adding either.

should I proceed with just installing intel-microcode and iucode-tool anyway? could it brick the system at this point?

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#9 Post by Fossy »

@madzar
Don’t know if they could causing conflicts but as far as I know you don’t need the “ deb-src ” repos .
you can / may delete them without any problem .
Those are my active repos :

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****@****-gl753vd:~$ inxi -Sr 
System:
  Host: phil-gl753vd Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 4.8.6 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 
Repos:
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free
  2: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib non-free
  3: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main contrib non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/eid.list 
  1: deb https://files.eid.belgium.be/debian bullseye main
****@****-gl753vd:~$ 
I would of course activate the iucode tool , it never hurts ; followed by a sudo apt update and a reboot .
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Bookworm12.5_Cinnamon / Calamares Single Boot installations
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madzar wrote: 2023-03-25 12:20 should I proceed with just installing intel-microcode and iucode-tool anyway? could it brick the system at this point?
Your system is Intel so yes install them. They won't brick your system.
No idea why you have those amd packages.
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#11 Post by madzar »

thanks everyone, installed intel microcode and iucode-tool, system seems ok although the errors still appear (same values as original post) - anyway again thanks!

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#12 Post by FreewheelinFrank »

madzar wrote: 2023-03-26 08:26 thanks everyone, installed intel microcode and iucode-tool, system seems ok although the errors still appear (same values as original post) - anyway again thanks!
If you search for the error codes, you will see that there are results where it is claimed that they are a glitch if they occur early in the boot process. As this is a brand new laptop, I would think it is a glitch rather than failing hardware if everything is working OK.

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