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

On 25/03/2026 08.41, Dale wrote:

> Well, I took another suggestion and tried it.  I upgraded the kernel to 
> 6.18.19, gentoo-sources as usual, from 6.12.31.  I did my usual make 
> oldconfig.  I answered n, no, to most questions.  I did change a preempt 
> setting because my video started stuttering again a couple months ago.
> 
> Anyway, I rebooted with the new kernel.  Once I got to my sddm login 
> screen, I did a CTRL ALT F1.  There was my console.  I have to say, I 
> missed seeing that thing and it was so pretty.  O_O  ROFL

That is great news :D



> If one is curious, I'd be happy to run a diff on the config files and 
> post the results, please let me know the command to use.  I just need 
> command, options, path/to/1 and /path/to/2.

I prefer to use "diff -Nurb", sure it's an overkill as you don't need 
the recursive, but the combination is at least readable and those easier 
to remember.

For my sake you do not need to run the diff, as I wouldn't know what to 
really look at, haven't configured a kernel for many many years and it's 
been mostly like you did with make oldconfig and hit mainly 'n' every 
time it asked.


> Thanks to all for the help and ideas on what to try.  At least in the 
> end, it's working.

It's the end result that counts and also the amount of fun you had on 
the way to there ;)
Let's hope nVidia will not make some breaking changes for many more years...

-- 
  //Aho