ASRock Fatal1ty FM2A88X+ Killer - Xubuntu

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2015-10-29: I booted Xubuntu 14.04.3 LTS from a usb stick.

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release:    14.04
Codename:    trusty
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ uname -a
Linux xubuntu 3.19.0-25-generic #26~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 24 21:16:20 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Network works, display comes up correctly:

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
VGA-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 298mm
   1920x1080      60.0*+
   1680x1050      60.0 
   1600x900       60.0 
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0 
   1280x800       59.8 
   1152x864       75.0 
   1280x720       60.0 
   1024x768       75.1     60.0 
   832x624        74.6 
   800x600        75.0     60.3 
   640x480        75.0     60.0 
   720x400        70.1 
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

lspci output:

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Root Complex
00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) I/O Memory Management Unit
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Richland
00:01.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller
00:10.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 09)
00:10.1 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB XHCI Controller (rev 09)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller (rev 16)
00:14.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller (rev 11)
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:15.2 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:15.3 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 0
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 1
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 2
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 3
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 4
00:18.5 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h (Models 10h-1fh) Processor Function 5
03:00.0 USB controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. Device 1142
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)

cpu info:

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor    : 0
vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
cpu family    : 21
model        : 19
model name    : AMD A10-6700T APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
stepping    : 1
microcode    : 0x6001119
cpu MHz        : 1400.000
cache size    : 2048 KB
physical id    : 0
siblings    : 4
core id        : 0
cpu cores    : 2
apicid        : 16
initial apicid    : 0
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 13
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold vmmcall bmi1
bugs        : fxsave_leak
bogomips    : 4990.92
TLB size    : 1536 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment    : 64
address sizes    : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro

processor    : 1
vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
cpu family    : 21
model        : 19
model name    : AMD A10-6700T APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 
stepping    : 1
microcode    : 0x6001119
cpu MHz        : 1400.000
cache size    : 2048 KB
physical id    : 0
siblings    : 4
core id        : 1
cpu cores    : 2
apicid        : 17
initial apicid    : 1
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 13
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold vmmcall bmi1
bugs        : fxsave_leak
bogomips    : 4990.92
TLB size    : 1536 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment    : 64
address sizes    : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro

processor    : 2
vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
cpu family    : 21
model        : 19
model name    : AMD A10-6700T APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 
stepping    : 1
microcode    : 0x6001119
cpu MHz        : 1400.000
cache size    : 2048 KB
physical id    : 0
siblings    : 4
core id        : 2
cpu cores    : 2
apicid        : 18
initial apicid    : 2
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 13
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold vmmcall bmi1
bugs        : fxsave_leak
bogomips    : 4990.92
TLB size    : 1536 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment    : 64
address sizes    : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro

processor    : 3
vendor_id    : AuthenticAMD
cpu family    : 21
model        : 19
model name    : AMD A10-6700T APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 
stepping    : 1
microcode    : 0x6001119
cpu MHz        : 1400.000
cache size    : 2048 KB
physical id    : 0
siblings    : 4
core id        : 3
cpu cores    : 2
apicid        : 19
initial apicid    : 3
fpu        : yes
fpu_exception    : yes
cpuid level    : 13
wp        : yes
flags        : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes xsave avx f16c lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs xop skinit wdt lwp fma4 tce nodeid_msr tbm topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb arat cpb hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold vmmcall bmi1
bugs        : fxsave_leak
bogomips    : 4990.92
TLB size    : 1536 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment    : 64
address sizes    : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm 100mhzsteps hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro

install inxi

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install inxi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  gawk hddtemp libsigsegv2 lm-sensors mesa-utils
Suggested packages:
  gawk-doc ksensors fancontrol sensord read-edid i2c-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  gawk hddtemp inxi libsigsegv2 lm-sensors mesa-utils
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,069 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,259 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libsigsegv2 amd64 2.10-2 [15.0 kB]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main gawk amd64 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2 [781 kB]
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe hddtemp amd64 0.3-beta15-52 [52.8 kB]
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe inxi all 1.9.17-1 [101 kB]
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe lm-sensors amd64 1:3.3.4-2ubuntu1 [84.6 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe mesa-utils amd64 8.1.0-2 [34.4 kB]
Fetched 1,069 kB in 2s (455 kB/s)    
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package libsigsegv2:amd64.
(Reading database ... 155423 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libsigsegv2_2.10-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libsigsegv2:amd64 (2.10-2) ...
Setting up libsigsegv2:amd64 (2.10-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
Selecting previously unselected package gawk.
(Reading database ... 155431 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gawk_1%3a4.0.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gawk (1:4.0.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package hddtemp.
Preparing to unpack .../hddtemp_0.3-beta15-52_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking hddtemp (0.3-beta15-52) ...
Selecting previously unselected package inxi.
Preparing to unpack .../archives/inxi_1.9.17-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking inxi (1.9.17-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package lm-sensors.
Preparing to unpack .../lm-sensors_1%3a3.3.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking lm-sensors (1:3.3.4-2ubuntu1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mesa-utils.
Preparing to unpack .../mesa-utils_8.1.0-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mesa-utils (8.1.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Setting up gawk (1:4.0.1+dfsg-2.1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up hddtemp (0.3-beta15-52) ...
Setting up inxi (1.9.17-1) ...
Setting up lm-sensors (1:3.3.4-2ubuntu1) ...
Setting up mesa-utils (8.1.0-2) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...

inxi full output

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo inxi -c 0 -F
System:    Host: xubuntu Kernel: 3.19.0-25-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Xfce 4.11.8 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   Mobo: ASRock model: FM2A88X+ Killer serial: E80-3B030300575
           Bios: American Megatrends version: P2.30 date: 04/01/2015
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-6700T APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm)
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1800.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Richland
           X.org: 1.17.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) tty size: 120x44 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.19.0-25-generic
Network:   Card: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2200 Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: alx
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: bc:5f:f4:fb:29:ea
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 7.8GB (-) 1: USB id: /dev/sda model: DataTraveler_2.0 size: 7.8GB
Partition: ID: / size: 7.3G used: 132M (2%) fs: overlay
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 0.0C mobo: N/A gpu: -8.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 181 Uptime: 18 min Memory: 633.4/14897.5MB Client: Shell (sudo) inxi: 1.9.17

inxi cpu output:

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo inxi -c 0 -C
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-6700T APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm)
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz

inxi full cpu flags:

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo inxi -c 0 -f
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-6700T APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 2500.00 MHz 4: 2100.00 MHz
           CPU Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov cmp_legacy
           constant_tsc cpb cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
           fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm lwp mca mce misalignsse mmx
           mmxext monitor msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pausefilter
           pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp
           rep_good sep skinit sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext
           tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave

inxi Graphics card info

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo inxi -c 0 -G
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Richland
           X.org: 1.17.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) tty size: 120x44 Advanced Data: N/A for root
xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ inxi -c 0 -G
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Richland
           X.Org: 1.17.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD ARUBA GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.5.2

ok.

Various info from dmesg (interesting or not):

[    0.026800] [Firmware Bug]: AMD-Vi: IOAPIC[5] not in IVRS table
[    0.026835] [Firmware Bug]: AMD-Vi: No southbridge IOAPIC found
[    0.026867] AMD-Vi: Disabling interrupt remapping
[    0.027281] ..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
[    0.066934] smpboot: CPU0: AMD A10-6700T APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics (fam: 15, model: 13, stepping: 01)

[    4.456713] AMD-Vi: Found IOMMU at 0000:00:00.2 cap 0x40
[    4.456715] AMD-Vi:  Extended features:  PreF PPR GT IA
[    4.469162] AMD-Vi: Lazy IO/TLB flushing enabled
[    4.469650] PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
[    4.469653] software IO TLB [mem 0x87cac000-0x8bcac000] (64MB) mapped at [ffff880087cac000-ffff88008bcabfff]

[    4.470000] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x06001119
[    4.470008] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x06001119
[    4.470020] microcode: CPU2: patch_level=0x06001119
[    4.470030] microcode: CPU3: patch_level=0x06001119
[    4.470123] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00 <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>, Peter Oruba

[    4.570203] ehci-pci: EHCI PCI platform driver
[    4.570332] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: EHCI Host Controller
[    4.570336] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 7
[    4.570340] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: applying AMD SB700/SB800/Hudson-2/3 EHCI dummy qh workaround
[    4.570349] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: debug port 1
[    4.570383] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: irq 17, io mem 0xff74f000
[    4.579068] ehci-pci 0000:00:12.2: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00

[    4.782946] ima: No TPM chip found, activating TPM-bypass!

[    4.841527] alx 0000:04:00.0 eth0: Qualcomm Atheros AR816x/AR817x Ethernet [bc:5f:f4:fb:29:ea]

ok.