MX Install Black Screen Boot - System Choosing Wrong AMD Graphics Card

[mx-individual-person]

Hello,

The installation of MX linux on the local hard drive inside my computer, boots to a black screen after entering the encryption password.

I booted to a usb live session, and got a video card selection prompt (screenshot attached), where choice 1 The AMD Navi 33 has the same boot problem, but AMD Phoenix3 allows the USB install to boot.

In the local hard drive install, I don't get this prompt, nor is there any choice in the grub (screenshot attached), that allows me to choose system recovery, or graphics card install, or any of the advanced options that the USB MX install has as choices.

I tried running all the repair options from the USB onto the local hard drive install, and nothing changed.

The actual names of the two graphics cards I have installed are in the attached screenshot.

How do I tell the local install to use the graphics card that will work?

[Eadwine Rose]

According to the forum rules (please read): Please provide full Quick System Info from the menu, use copy for forum button, no edits.

LiveUSB version is OK if needed.

[mx-individual-person]

Hello,

Thank you for clarifying that I can use the USB boot for the "Quick System Info". Attached is that information.

How should I best proceed with choosing the correct graphics card?

Thank you very much for your help.

[mx-individual-person]

I forgot to mention, everything was working fine for about 6 months, until the day I posted this.

Not sure what changed, to cause the issue.

[Eadwine Rose]

Please use the copy for forum button and click paste on the forum instead of attaching. Thanks.

[mx-individual-person]

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System:
  Kernel: 6.14.2-1-liquorix-amd64 [6.14-3~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 parameters: audit=0
    intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable BOOT_IMAGE=/antiX/vmlinuz quiet splasht nosplash
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7
    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_ahs_x64 Libretto April 13  2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12
    (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TUXEDO product: TUXEDO Sirius 16 Gen2 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
    Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: NB04 model: AHP958 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC.
    v: AHP958_V1.01A01 date: 12/04/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 66.5 Wh (83.0%) condition: 80.1/80.1 Wh (100.0%) volts: 17.5 min: N/A
    model: AMD Battery Li-ion Real Battery type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: charging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4 gen: 5
    level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x75 (117)
    stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA705206
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB
    desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1691 high: 3800 min/max: 1600/3800 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1309 2: 1600 3: 1600 4: 1600 5: 1600 6: 1415
    7: 3800 8: 1342 9: 1600 10: 1600 11: 1600 12: 1600 13: 1600 14: 1600 15: 1600 16: 1600
    bogomips: 121371
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: always-on;
    RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 33 [Radeon RX 7600/7600 XT/7600M XT/7600S/7700S / PRO W7600]
    vendor: Emdoor Digital driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Navi-3x process: TSMC n5 (5nm)
    built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, HDMI-A-1,
    Writeback-1, eDP-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7480 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Phoenix3 vendor: Emdoor Digital driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-2 empty: DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, DP-8,
    DP-9, Writeback-2 bus-ID: 69:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1900 class-ID: 0300 temp: 26.0 C
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-1:2
    chip-ID: 0c45:6362 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") s-diag: 584mm (22.99")
  Monitor-1: eDP-2 mapped: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x09e5 built: 2020 res: 1920x1080 hz: 165
    dpi: 137 gamma: 1.2 size: 355x200mm (13.98x7.87") diag: 407mm (16") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 2560x1440 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.8-1mx23ahs renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi gfx1103_r1
    LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.61 6.14.2-1-liquorix-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 31 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 8 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab30 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Rembrandt Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 69:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Emdoor Digital driver: snd_pci_ps
    v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x, snd_pci_acp5x, snd_pci_acp6x, snd_acp_pci,
    snd_rpl_pci_acp6x, snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
    snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 69:00.5
    chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio vendor: Emdoor Digital driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 69:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.2-1-liquorix-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210/AX1675 2x2 [Typhoon Peak] driver: iwlwifi v: kernel modules: wl
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2725 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX210 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 8087:0032
    class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
  Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
    service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 7.39 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 4TB size: 3.64 TiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 4B2QJXD7 temp: 24.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Samsung model: Flash Drive size: 119.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.2 C mobo: 28.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
  GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 30.0 C mem: 36.0 C fan: 0 watts: 0.00 device: amdgpu temp: 27.0 C
    watts: 5.21
Repos:
  Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2131 libs: 1061 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
    pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Info:
  Processes: 411 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 2525 Memory: 92.13 GiB used: 1.96 GiB (2.1%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI

[mx-individual-person]

Hi,

I just wanted to check and make sure I included all the needed information.

Do you think the problem would be resolved if I reinstalled MX completely?

[j2mcgreg]

From here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=disable ... e&ie=UTF-8

To disable the dedicated graphics card on a TUXEDO Sirius 16 Gen2 laptop, you need to access the BIOS settings and adjust the "Smart Mux Support" option. Specifically, change it from the default "Hybrid Graphics Mode" to "SAG 1.5". This configuration prioritizes the integrated graphics, effectively disabling the discrete GPU.

I know that this is not exactly what you want, but disabling Hybrid Graphics in favour of a specific card, may be the solution required.

[atomick]

odd for the graphics card selection there was not a "Vanilla - #3 nouveau native driver which is the selection to pick

had all similar problem on a high end laptop this menu rip's by at blinding speed less lucky to tap it.

believe the concept is nouveau video drivers with MX are pretty standard to meet all requirement, having
the feature of "Video card detection and Driver specific support" as the actual Once all is running and patched up to latest
would then be the better method in process to "Install' Specific video support drivers.
had issue with having "nVidia" Mobile chip on the laptop and rti-4070-ti card in a Box build.

[mx-individual-person]

From here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=disable ... e&ie=UTF-8

To disable the dedicated graphics card on a TUXEDO Sirius 16 Gen2 laptop, you need to access the BIOS settings and adjust the "Smart Mux Support" option. Specifically, change it from the default "Hybrid Graphics Mode" to "SAG 1.5". This configuration prioritizes the integrated graphics, effectively disabling the discrete GPU.

I know that this is not exactly what you want, but disabling Hybrid Graphics in favour of a specific card, may be the solution required.

This actually worked well to get me unstuck.

Thank you for the advice.