Re: No console anymore. How to figure this out.

Michael <[email protected]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:05:31 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.user
Message-ID	<1855120.VLH7GnMWUR@rogueboard>

On Thursday, 19 March 2026 04:39:16 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
> On 3/17/26 10:49 AM, Dale wrote:
> > On 3/17/26 8:31 AM, Michael wrote:

> >> Your nvidia-drm option has modeset=0 as a default.  In the first
> >> instance you could try reloading the nvidia_drm module with 'option
> >> modeset=1' to see if this will restore your VT display, or set it
> >> in your /etc/modprobe.d/, or in your GRUB's kernel CMDLINE:
> >> 
> >> nvidia_drm.modeset=1
> >> 
> >> and reboot.
> > 
> > I added it to the kernel command line.  Easiest way to test and
> > reverse if needed.  I'll reboot later on.  I hope that works.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Dale
> > 
> > :-)  :-)
> 
> I finally got around to rebooting.  I had Krename processing around
> 60,000 files and it well . . . took a little bit.  Plus I been busy
> outside.  Anyway, kernel line looks like this now.
> 
> 
> 
> root@Gentoo-1 / # cat /proc/cmdline
> BOOT_IMAGE=/kernel-6.12.31-2
> root=UUID=26e58ee4-9c8f-4efd-bbb3-215df71cf85e ro nvidia_drm.modeset=1
> root@Gentoo-1 / #
> 
> 
> I used tail -f to monitor dmesg and the messages file when I tested
> this.  I went to a console, black screen and monitor powers off. When
> I switch back to the GUI, dmesg and messages file report nothing
> new.  No errors or even info about the switch.
> 
> Well, one more thing that we know doesn't work.  Anything else?  I'd
> really like to have my console back.  That said, I'm getting in a lot
> of practice on booting and getting everything back to working. I can
> do it a little faster now.  LOL
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)

I can't think of anything else.  Perhaps wait for a later version of the 
nvidia driver to show up and see if this was just a regression bug.

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