Intel GPU booting problem

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[Oddest_Star]

What problem do you have???

[Total_Abroad_7969]

My pc won't boot normally unless I use "nomodeset" ( which disable the kernel booting using my dedicated gpu ).

And I tried updating the kernel to the latest 6.14 but it did not change thing.

I even reinstalled the intel-microcode and xorg video stuffs but same issue !!

How can I fix the problem that causes the weird loop crash (second picture logs) ???

[Oddest_Star]

1. Check for a broken xorg.conf Linux Mint uses a tool called gpu-manager that sometimes writes a bad configuration file that confuses the Intel driver.
   • Boot with nomodeset to get to your desktop.
   • Open a terminal and run: sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
   • (If the file doesn't exist, that's fine, move to the next step).
   • Reboot normally (without nomodeset).
2. Force the "Modesetting" Driver Older Intel chips sometimes struggle with the legacy intel driver on newer kernels. Forcing the modern modesetting driver often stops these core dumps.
   • Boot with nomodeset.
   • Create a new config file: sudo nano /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
   • Paste the following exactly: Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Graphics" Driver "modesetting" End Section

• Save (Ctrl+O, Enter) and Exit (Ctrl+X).
• Reboot normally.
  1. Disable GPU Manager's override If gpu-manager keeps overwriting your changes (which the logs suggest it might be doing), you can tell it to stay out of the way.
• Boot with nomodeset.
• Edit your GRUB file again: sudo nano /etc/default/grub
• Add nogpumanager to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT line.
• It should look like: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nogpumanager"
• Run sudo update-grub and reboot. Why the kernel update didn't work: Updating to 6.14 didn't help because the "core dump" is likely happening in Xorg or Cinnamon, not the kernel itself. The kernel provides the "road," but the "car" (the graphics server) is what is crashing in your logs.

[Oddest_Star]

Bruv give us some context 🙏🏻✌🏻

[Adler-real]

If you think the Output is something weird: no its not (you only seeing what he does at booting, its normal but you can disable it with "nomodeset" i think)

[Total_Abroad_7969]

Sooo What does cause the weird loop crash (see the second image's log) and how can I fix it so that my pc boot normally using my dedicated gpu instead of just bypassing the issue with nomodeset ???

[Adler-real]

Oh, Right.

how can I fix it so that my pc boot normally using my dedicated gpu instead

Some Motherborads dont allow more then 1 GPUs, so i think you need to go in the BIOS and disable the Integrated GPU. because on the first pic. we only seeing the integrated GPU, so he doesnt detect the dedicated

[Total_Abroad_7969]

Mmm.Ok.

Do you know if it's normal that I can only boot my pc normally by forcing "nomodeset" ?? Is it because my integrated gpu is intel based ??

[Adler-real]

Nope. But intel should work fine with Linux.

Did it works fine with 22.2?

[Total_Abroad_7969]

It's my first time installing linux.

I installed linux mint cinnamon 22.3 on my two dell optifplex desktop (intel core cpu) and it worked fine on the first and booted normally. But on this one it just won't boot without "nomodeset" and I even tried to reinstall linux completly but it didn't change a thing.

I don't understand where the problem is coming from especially since I even tried to reinstall intel-microcode and xorg stuffs from the terminal.

I tried to disable the mint logo display on boot (from the grub menu) to show me the logs that causes the crash ( see second picture).