Adam, > Just add "nomodeset" to kernel parameters in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX, rebuild > configs and boot up in VGA mode again.
> > Adam Pribyl > -- > mc mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.midnight-commander.org/mailman/listinfo/mc After i did that, thetty console endet up being VGA again :D However, it also endet up there completely - the displaymanager (lightdm) did not start anymore. I tried several others, and also starting X manually (startx / xinit) but nothing works. There were confusing warnings in the logs about permissions to /dev/tty0 (i do not have such a tty at all?) or missing data directories in /var/lib, but nothing that explains meaningful the actual reason. Well, the reason i started fiddling with the X driver was that my nvidia stopped working after Debian upped a version. Of course i tried compiling the module but the options are extremely limited because i also cannot run any newer kernels than 6.1.0.39 because initramfs creation for higher versions ends up with lots of errors about modules not found, and starting that kernels initramfs ends up in an emergency shell ... The problem is that all the tools (with latest version) compiling and installing a legacy nvidia tesla driver version 470 end up with X saying 'no nvidia found'. I figure this old version is simply no more supported by Debian Xorg. (And i downgraded those tools already to oldstable / Sid ...) So i tried a lot of things and finally i could make the nouveau driver working. (And it was first blacklisted in the modprobe defaults, by Debian, IDKW) And it creates the framebuffer with microscopic font where i can read about nothing. This is a typical case why i really need a tty comnsole and prefer not depending on a framebuffer, running only VGA with much less risk of failure even when the fontsize is giant. However, it seems that nouveau X driver only works with active framebuffer :( Maybe finally i need to go buy newer hardware, again ... and i think that's it with nvidia, for me. Anyway, thanks to all for the helpful answers ! -- mc mailing list [email protected] https://lists.midnight-commander.org/mailman/listinfo/mc
