0007713: Kali bare metal installations crash Alienware BIOS

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0007713	Kali Linux	[All Projects] Kali Package Bug	public	2022-05-17 07:29	2022-05-17 07:29

Reporter	loraria	Assigned To
Priority	urgent	Severity	block	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	2022.1
Target Version		Fixed in Version

Summary	0007713: Kali bare metal installations crash Alienware BIOS
Description	upon installing Kali Linux as the sole boot/ OS on my new Alienware m15 AMD i7, the BIOS completely crashes as soon as it reboots, always fronting the same error message: "6-0:1.0: config failed, hub doesn't have any ports! (err -19)". Trying to boot into recovery mode doesn't work either as that too completely crashes and freezes up.
Steps To Reproduce	Install latest or previous versions of Kali bare metal image on an Alienware AMD i7. Eject installation media and reboot.
Additional Information	It cannot be the Bare Metal version, as I tried older ones as well. (2021.2) The settings one chooses during in the installation should not have an effect either, as I tried multiple different configurations and they always led to this error message. I believe it has something to do with the Dell Alienware Command Center somehow corrupting the BIOS but cannot say for sure.