I was using Ubuntu on my Asus TUF A17 FA707 laptop with a Ryzen 7 8600h and NVidia GF RTX 3070 until a recent major update caused problems with my graphics drivers. After trying to install the official NVidia drivers, I encountered strange graphical glitches in Steam and a reduced framerate in other apps. A restart led to my data partition becoming inaccessible, so I decided to switch to a different Linux distribution. However, I'm having trouble booting from live USB sticks with various distros like Linux Mint, Debian 13, and Cachy OS—they all crash with a kernel panic error reading 'Fatal exception in interrupt.' I've tried adding 'acpi=off' in the Grub menu, which allows me to boot but disables my GPU. I'm at a loss here and could use any suggestions or assistance to resolve this issue. Thanks in advance!
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Just a heads up, installing NVidia drivers directly from their website on Ubuntu (or its derivatives) can lead to a lot of headaches. It’s often better to stick to the DKMS-based drivers that come with the distribution to avoid complex kernel update issues. As for your data partition, just to clarify, it may not be "bricked"—perhaps it just isn't mounted properly?
Have you tried adding `acpi=noirq` to see if that helps? It disables IRQ routing from ACPI tables without turning off ACPI completely. If that doesn't work, you can try specifying `acpi_osi=Linux` in the Grub menu, which tells your BIOS to use the ACPI table for Linux specifically.
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately, both suggestions still led to the same kernel panic errors. I’m glad to at least be trying different ideas!
That makes sense, and I appreciate the advice! I definitely won't attempt that driver installation again. As for the partition, it showed an unknown file type, so I thought it was bricked, but what you mentioned helps clear things up.