I’m trying to update 4.2 to 4.3 but it is giving black screens and errors and never finishes installing. I have Acer Aspire 3 Laptop | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U CPU | 15.6 FHD IPS Display | 16GB RAM | 1TB PCIe SSD | I don’t know anything about linux or qubes or AMD or firmware. I just know that 4.2 support…

You could try blacklisting amdxdna [image] AMD iGPU issue after recent update Hardware Issues This particular issue was discussed on the Qubes Matrix chat. The boot-time black screen on kernel-latest is the result of AMDs XDNA driver misbehaving. You can fix it by adding…

how do I do that? like keystroke by keystroke, I barely know how to turn qubes on I’m guessing its something like pressing E in the boot but how to do that or make it permanent or make htat work when updating to 4.3 I have no clue

Before you begin detailed troubleshooting, I see this: [image] Snorbort: It fails the media test If you did not fix it, then probably nothing else will help. Can you tell us which installation guide you used, and did you search for anything to find a solution on this forum or in docs? Or…

I’;m not sure, I was using GPT to help try to walk me through it, but for this one I was simply using rufus to build the ISO of 4.3 on a USB (MBI or some such I think it said to use). anyway I plugged it in and fired it up, and tried the media test, which failed, and then decided to hit install and …

I have no friends who can help and I rarely use forums except as absolute last resort, so it told me a few vaguely confusing things, though it can (eventually) be coaxed into vaguely accurate commands (it took like 20 hours but I got a program installed using that ridiculous sudo install nonsense in…

If you look at the documentation you will see that Rufus cannot be used to create images that pass media test The issue about losing installed software is in the FAQ At a minimum read the introduction and Getting Started pages. I never presume to speak for the Qubes team. When I comment in the…

that doesn’t address that installing doesn’t work either

No but it does suggest that the official docs might be a better guide than chatgpt. As to the lack of GUI on the install it would help if you provided more information about your computer hardware, and what you have tried so far. Help us to help you. I never presume to speak for the Qubes te…

I specifically mentioned thatin the OP, Acer Aspire 3 Laptop | AMD Ryzen 5 7430U CPU | 15.6 FHD IPS Display | 16GB RAM | 1TB PCIe SSD | I asked because I couldn’t find a solution on my own. I thought that was this forum’s purpose. If I’m in the wrong one point me to the correct one

[image] Snorbort: I thought that was this forum’s purpose I can’t speak for others but this is how I view this forum’s purpose (first paragraph). If a user question meets that threshold then I offer help [image] Self Support First Policy for Kicksecure Definition of the Self Supp…

AMD and updating to 4.3

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anon40243023 February 8, 2026, 6:48am 2

You could try blacklisting amdxdna