I have Arch Linux running on my 12th gen framework. It is connected to my Anker 777 Apex 12-in-1 TB4 dock, along with 2 external displays.
During the boot process, the displays are not recognized at all: I can’t see the BIOS, the disk encryption screen, or GRUB. Only when the system is booted, the screens are recognized and everything works fine.
This is quite inconvenient because I have to open the laptop lid to interact with the system during boot. Ideally, I could keep the lid closed and just press the docking station’s power button (powering on via AC).
In posts about similar problems on other laptops, I’ve found advice to make sure that in the BIOS settings something like “TB4 during boot” or “external displays during boot” is allowed, but the 12th gen BIOS has no such setting.
Does anyone else have this problem? Or any idea how to diagnose/solve it?
I’ve noticed something similar with my Thunderbolt 3 eGPU (12th gen framework). If it is connected before I begin booting, clinfo which detects OpenCL compatible devices does not detect my GPU.
clinfo output
Number of platforms 1
Platform Name AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Platform Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Platform Version OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3513.0)
Platform Profile FULL_PROFILE
Platform Extensions cl_khr_icd cl_amd_event_callback
Platform Extensions function suffix AMD
Platform Host timer resolution 1ns
Platform Name AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Number of devices 0
NULL platform behavior
clGetPlatformInfo(NULL, CL_PLATFORM_NAME, ...) No platform
clGetDeviceIDs(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ALL, ...) No platform
clCreateContext(NULL, ...) [default] No platform
clCreateContext(NULL, ...) [other]
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_DEFAULT) No devices found in platform
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU) No devices found in platform
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU) No devices found in platform
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ACCELERATOR) No devices found in platform
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CUSTOM) No devices found in platform
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ALL) No devices found in platform
If I instead connect my eGPU after the system has booted and is now at the gnome lockscreen, clinfo does detect my GPU.
clinfo output
Number of platforms 1
Platform Name AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Platform Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Platform Version OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3513.0)
Platform Profile FULL_PROFILE
Platform Extensions cl_khr_icd cl_amd_event_callback
Platform Extensions function suffix AMD
Platform Host timer resolution 1ns
Platform Name AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Number of devices 1
Device Name gfx1031
Device Vendor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Device Vendor ID 0x1002
Device Version OpenCL 2.0
Driver Version 3513.0 (HSA1.1,LC)
Device OpenCL C Version OpenCL C 2.0
Device Type GPU
Device Board Name (AMD) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Device PCI-e ID (AMD) 0x73df
Device Topology (AMD) PCI-E, 0000:06:00.0
Device Profile FULL_PROFILE
Device Available Yes
Compiler Available Yes
Linker Available Yes
Max compute units 20
SIMD per compute unit (AMD) 4
SIMD width (AMD) 32
SIMD instruction width (AMD) 1
Max clock frequency 2725MHz
Graphics IP (AMD) 10.3
Device Partition (core)
Max number of sub-devices 20
Supported partition types None
Supported affinity domains (n/a)
Max work item dimensions 3
Max work item sizes 1024x1024x1024
Max work group size 256
Preferred work group size (AMD) 256
Max work group size (AMD) 1024
Preferred work group size multiple (kernel) 32
Wavefront width (AMD) 32
Preferred / native vector sizes
char 4 / 4
short 2 / 2
int 1 / 1
long 1 / 1
half 1 / 1 (cl_khr_fp16)
float 1 / 1
double 1 / 1 (cl_khr_fp64)
Half-precision Floating-point support (cl_khr_fp16)
Denormals No
Infinity and NANs No
Round to nearest No
Round to zero No
Round to infinity No
IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add No
Support is emulated in software No
Single-precision Floating-point support (core)
Denormals Yes
Infinity and NANs Yes
Round to nearest Yes
Round to zero Yes
Round to infinity Yes
IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add Yes
Support is emulated in software No
Correctly-rounded divide and sqrt operations Yes
Double-precision Floating-point support (cl_khr_fp64)
Denormals Yes
Infinity and NANs Yes
Round to nearest Yes
Round to zero Yes
Round to infinity Yes
IEEE754-2008 fused multiply-add Yes
Support is emulated in software No
Address bits 64, Little-Endian
Global memory size 12868124672 (11.98GiB)
Global free memory (AMD) 12566528 (11.98GiB) 12566528 (11.98GiB)
Global memory channels (AMD) 6
Global memory banks per channel (AMD) 4
Global memory bank width (AMD) 256 bytes
Error Correction support No
Max memory allocation 10937905968 (10.19GiB)
Unified memory for Host and Device No
Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) capabilities (core)
Coarse-grained buffer sharing Yes
Fine-grained buffer sharing Yes
Fine-grained system sharing No
Atomics No
Minimum alignment for any data type 128 bytes
Alignment of base address 1024 bits (128 bytes)
Preferred alignment for atomics
SVM 0 bytes
Global 0 bytes
Local 0 bytes
Max size for global variable 10937905968 (10.19GiB)
Preferred total size of global vars 12868124672 (11.98GiB)
Global Memory cache type Read/Write
Global Memory cache size 16384 (16KiB)
Global Memory cache line size 64 bytes
Image support Yes
Max number of samplers per kernel 29663
Max size for 1D images from buffer 134217728 pixels
Max 1D or 2D image array size 8192 images
Base address alignment for 2D image buffers 256 bytes
Pitch alignment for 2D image buffers 256 pixels
Max 2D image size 16384x16384 pixels
Max 3D image size 16384x16384x8192 pixels
Max number of read image args 128
Max number of write image args 8
Max number of read/write image args 64
Max number of pipe args 16
Max active pipe reservations 16
Max pipe packet size 2347971376 (2.187GiB)
Local memory type Local
Local memory size 65536 (64KiB)
Local memory size per CU (AMD) 65536 (64KiB)
Local memory banks (AMD) 32
Max number of constant args 8
Max constant buffer size 10937905968 (10.19GiB)
Preferred constant buffer size (AMD) 16384 (16KiB)
Max size of kernel argument 1024
Queue properties (on host)
Out-of-order execution No
Profiling Yes
Queue properties (on device)
Out-of-order execution Yes
Profiling Yes
Preferred size 262144 (256KiB)
Max size 8388608 (8MiB)
Max queues on device 1
Max events on device 1024
Prefer user sync for interop Yes
Number of P2P devices (AMD) 0
Profiling timer resolution 1ns
Profiling timer offset since Epoch (AMD) 0ns (Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970)
Execution capabilities
Run OpenCL kernels Yes
Run native kernels No
Thread trace supported (AMD) No
Number of async queues (AMD) 8
Max real-time compute queues (AMD) 8
Max real-time compute units (AMD) 20
printf() buffer size 4194304 (4MiB)
Built-in kernels (n/a)
Device Extensions cl_khr_fp64 cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics cl_khr_int64_base_atomics cl_khr_int64_extended_atomics cl_khr_3d_image_writes cl_khr_byte_addressable_store cl_khr_fp16 cl_khr_gl_sharing cl_amd_device_attribute_query cl_amd_media_ops cl_amd_media_ops2 cl_khr_image2d_from_buffer cl_khr_subgroups cl_khr_depth_images cl_amd_copy_buffer_p2p cl_amd_assembly_program
NULL platform behavior
clGetPlatformInfo(NULL, CL_PLATFORM_NAME, ...) No platform
clGetDeviceIDs(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ALL, ...) No platform
clCreateContext(NULL, ...) [default] No platform
clCreateContext(NULL, ...) [other] Success [AMD]
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_DEFAULT) Success (1)
Platform Name AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Device Name gfx1031
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CPU) No devices found in platform
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_GPU) Success (1)
Platform Name AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Device Name gfx1031
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ACCELERATOR) No devices found in platform
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_CUSTOM) No devices found in platform
clCreateContextFromType(NULL, CL_DEVICE_TYPE_ALL) Success (1)
Platform Name AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
Device Name gfx1031
lspci on the other hand always detects my GPU, regardless of when the eGPU was connected.
Adding my thoughts, but @Anachron has definitely pointed you in the right direction.
I’ve found some docks work as you’re describing while many do not. I generally don’t expect it myself as my big ask is that all the displays work once booted. Not ideal.
Hopefully the above linked post with the the grub config provides a path forward.
Then I regenerated the boot image via sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
I shut my system down.
With the dock still attached, I switched on the FrameWork via its power button.
Results:
The internal monitor shows everything: first bios, grub and finally the booted system.
The external monitor(s) connected to the dock show nothing.
Even when fully booted, the monitors connected to the dock are not recognized by the system, I can’t activate them.
Interestingly, the keyboard and mouse connected to the same dock do work in that state!
Only after I disconnect and reconnect the dock, the external monitor(s) get recognized and start working.
If I understood it correctly you can’t do it like that. Can you try to only use D (digital output) on one of the monitors (external one) and just e (enable) the other one (internal)?
See example: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="video=HDMI-1:D video=LVDS-1:e"
Okay, so I tried: video=DP-5:D video=eDP-1:e (external monitor “digital”, internal monitor “enabled”).
It had some effect, but not necessarily to the better: On boot, the internal monitor was on until GRUB, then switched off (as expected). However, the external monitor didn’t switch on, so I am without any monitor.
(Dis- and reconnecting the dock in that state get’s the external monitor to work again, so no big deal, but also no improvement over status quo.)
