Linux 5.3 boot fail with RX 5700

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I have been having a heck of a time getting my new desktop to boot. So far Arch has been the only operating system I have been able to install. However, when I upgrade to version 5.3 of the kernel it fails to boot. I have the last 7 dmesg logs listed below. I can list more if need be. I also have a Ryzen 3600 and an Asus x570 tuf gaming mobo.

amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: remove_conflicting_pci_framebuffers: bar0: 0xe0000000 -> 0xefffffff
amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: remove_conflicting_pci_framebuffers: bar 2: 0xf0000000 -> 0xf01ffff
amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: remove_conflicting_pci_framebuffers: bar 5: 0xfcb00000 -> 0xfcb7ffff
checking generic (e0000000 7f0000) vs hw (e0000000 10000000)
fb0: switching to andgpudrmfb from VESA to VGA
kvm: disabled by bios
MCE: In-kernel MCE decoding enabled.

The my system freezes.

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I am getting something similar and have this in my start logs.

[    4.668883] amdgpu 0000:0c:00.0: 00000000c69e9eaa pin failed
[    4.668941] [drm:dm_plane_helper_prepare_fb [amdgpu]] *ERROR* Failed to pin framebuffer with error -12

I ran a system upgrade to fedora 31 and I am booting 5.3.0-1.fc31.x86_64

It seems the latest kernel has some issues still with the new 5000 series.

I am running an ssh session from a laptop to my desktop as it boots but no graphical session loads. I am running dmesg this way.

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Did you guys build the kms and make cure mkinitcpio built correctly?
Only applies to ArchLinux I think, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_mode_setting#Early_KMS_start

You may need to actually turn off kms to get to graphical with vesa drivers. Then possibly install the pro driver.

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That is an arch specific tooling and doesn’t work for fedora.

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Figured so. I mentioned it since OP mentioned that Arch was the only one that installed. I use Arch and Debian have nut run anything else in decades.

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Maybe try this kernel boot option to see if you can get more info in what is dying?

   initcall_debug  [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed.  Useful
                    for working out where the kernel is dying during
                    startup.
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