> -----Original Message----- > From: Ashley Dixon <a...@suugaku.co.uk> > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 05:52 > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes no video with > NVIDIA driver > > On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 05:43:33AM +0200, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > I would try this: > > Boot your PC, ssh into the PC and download the according > > nvidia-drivers directly from NVIDIA of the same version. > > > On 06/08 06:20, Raffaele BELARDI wrote: > > > No console except SSH. I'm not sure I can invoke startx from an SSH. > > Irrelevant aside: > > The kernel loads the graphics drivers on boot; it is no longer > the > responsibility of X under normal circumstances. Assuming you can get access > to the kernel command line arguments (with grub, this can be done from the > bootup menu [1]), passing the `nomodeset` option will prevent the NVIDIA > drivers from loading until you start the X server. There is no need for SSH > here. > > [1] https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132
Interesting, I will give the nomodeset a try. But I still don't understand the mechanism used by the kernel to load proprietary driver, I assumed that had to be done via modprobe, and I think I disabled the OpenRC script firing that. Raffaele
