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

You have to be using nvidia-drivers > 550, and kernel >= 6.11.

If you're like me and stuck with an older LTS kernel, this issue does 
not present itself. I discovered it when updating the LTS kernel from 
6.6 to 6.12.

Dan

On 3/22/26 9:22 AM, Dale wrote:
> On 3/22/26 10:34 AM, Daniel Frey wrote:
>> Hi Dale,
>>
>> I found the link that discusses this:
>>
>> https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/drm-fbdev-wayland-presentation- 
>> support-with-linux-kernel-6-11-and-above/307920
>>
>> Dan
> 
> Dang, that thread was a while ago.  I wonder why I'm hitting this now? 
> It sounds like there is some sort of a fix that was supposed to prevent 
> this but maybe the TTM thing is the fix?????  They talk about different 
> versions but I suspect some code trickles to all the versions at some 
> point.  Maybe my series just took a while.
> 
> Thanks for the info.  I haven't rebooted yet but will go dig into this 
> kernel option as soon as I can.  I have two older version of kernels 
> that I would need to redo as well.
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)
> 
> I have disced my mud, uh, garden, a little.  I cut a tree so can't disc 
> that area yet.  To wet to clear out the tree, to wet to disc it up even 
> if it was not there.  Anyway, tractor got tired and wanted a break.  I'm 
> taking a little break too.  LOL  Kool-aid sure is good. Better that it 
> is cold.  It's pushing 90F here today.
>