Re: Blank TTYs using the nvidia binary driver

[marc <gmane@auxbuss.com>]

Steve Kreyer said:

> Hi,
> 
> marc wrote:
>>
>> Nice catch. I was going to try it, but the wise men at Ubuntu have
>> dropped /etc/modprobe.d/options
>>
>>   http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1117102
>>
>> This seems like a strange thing to do.
>>   
>>   
> if this file doesn't exist anymore you can also specify the option
> within the boot prompt:
> 
> The kernel documentation says:
> "
>   Module parameters for modules that are built into the kernel image are
>   specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus '.'
>   plus parameter name, with '=' and value if appropriate, such as:
> 
>         usbcore.blinkenlights=1
> "
> 
> So I thought: Why not also trying this with non-builtin-modules like the
> nvidia driver. And it works, at least for me :-) You can specify
> "nvidia.NVreg_UseVBios=0" into your grub or lilo configuration file
> where the kernel parameters have to be declared.

Thanks, Steve. That's what I was after.

-- 
Best,
Marc