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

On 3/24/26 4:16 PM, J.O. Aho wrote:
> On 24/03/2026 21.43, Dale wrote:
>>
>> Still no console.  When I switched, monitors went into standby and 
>> then switched off a few seconds later.
>>
>> This is the options for the kernel right now.
>>
>> root@Gentoo-1 / # cat /proc/cmdline
>> BOOT_IMAGE=/kernel-6.12.31-3 
>> root=PARTUUID=2c0f8a80-823d-4eb2-938d-364e6aeb51da ro video=efifb:on 
>> nvidia_drm.modeset=1 nvidia-drm.fbdev=1 ibt=off
>> root@Gentoo-1 / #
>>
>> That look right?  Any other ideas?  Do I need to get my sledge hammer???
>
> It looks right, was reading the old forums post about this, so I have 
> to ask a stupid question, as I got a bit lazy after gone trough like 
> 20 posts in this thread, did you have CONFIG_FB_EFI=y ? seems to be 
> the requirement
>
> https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1174634.html
>
> I haven't thought too much about kernel options, as been running with 
> the pre-compiled kernel.
>


It appears so.


[*]   EFI-based Framebuffer Support


Or


root@Gentoo-1 / # cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_FB_EFI
CONFIG_FB_EFI=y
root@Gentoo-1 / #


At this point, I'm wondering where I put my sledge hammer.  I think it 
is just inside my shop door.  :/  It's easy to find.  It has bright 
orange wrapping to protect the handle and make it easier to find in the 
grass or leaves.  o_O

Dale

:-)  :-)