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

On 2026-03-22, Daniel Frey wrote:

> Hi Dale,
>
> I updated an old machine and went through this some time ago.
>
> Nvidia's framebuffer is really fubar in newer drivers.
>
> I did discover that it requires a kernel module for framebuffer to
> work that you can't directly set in the kernel.
>
> I had to set the Intel drivers and amdgpu drivers to get this module
> included in the kernel as it can't be directly set. (The name of this
> module escapes me at the moment. I think it was TTM and TTM_HELPER - 
> check your .config, if it isn't set then set amdgpu to a module and it
> will be built.)

This, in my experience, isn't limited to nVidia drivers and probably
affects any out-of-tree driver which such a dependency on something
that's not directly selectable.

IIRC Broadcom's proprietary wireless driver had a similar issue, where
you'd need to enable other WLAN NICs in the kernel to enable required
dependencies.

(I should note I definitely do *not* recommend Broadcom WLAN NICs. At
least the ones I've used had problems caused either by hardware or
firmware...)

-- 
Nuno Silva