RE: [gentoo-user] clone root from HDD to SSD causes no video with NVIDIA driver

[Raffaele BELARDI]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ashley Dixon <ash@××××××××××.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 05:52
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> 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, tuxic@××××××.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