Kernel 6.5.9 GT210 not supported by noveau? Blank screen. Fedora 38
by IlyaZ from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6G6QH)
Hey,
So I got a GT210 passive GPU just for the VGA/DVI port. Technically used a server, but with some desktop applications occasionally.
6.5.9 gives me a blank screen (eventually ending up with some left top corner ASCII string gibberish to various font colors and color backgrounds). I had normal boots on earlier kernels 6.5.x(?), but with the latest kernel update the oldest working kernel was replaced by a new non working one. Now it only starts in the kernel belonging to the recovery alternative.
I switched over to the latest nvidia drivers, which at least gave me a visible LUKS prompt, but ended up stuck with the same top left gibberish.
Turns out the latest Nvidia drivers don't support GT210 anyway. And the 340 driver isn't compatible with the latest kernel (without perhaps some patching - which I haven't tried). If I patch it, should I expect to keep patching to keep this afloat?
Should I expect that noveau support gets dropped, if not now, then at some point, for ancient GPUs? Trash the GT210 (which is perfectly fine for my needs) to replace it with a more power hungry and noisy GTX 670 which I have lying around somewhere?
Before this I tried connecting remotely, through VNC?, but it kept dropping connection as soon as the local user got idle and the graphical interface locked. Ages ago I remember using Xming to run startx through terminal which was fine.
Should I give up on NVidia drivers and noveau, or get another card for a couple of years, or is there a real possibility of scrapping the graphics altogether, just keeping the GT210 for BIOS and other emergency issues.
So I got a GT210 passive GPU just for the VGA/DVI port. Technically used a server, but with some desktop applications occasionally.
6.5.9 gives me a blank screen (eventually ending up with some left top corner ASCII string gibberish to various font colors and color backgrounds). I had normal boots on earlier kernels 6.5.x(?), but with the latest kernel update the oldest working kernel was replaced by a new non working one. Now it only starts in the kernel belonging to the recovery alternative.
I switched over to the latest nvidia drivers, which at least gave me a visible LUKS prompt, but ended up stuck with the same top left gibberish.
Turns out the latest Nvidia drivers don't support GT210 anyway. And the 340 driver isn't compatible with the latest kernel (without perhaps some patching - which I haven't tried). If I patch it, should I expect to keep patching to keep this afloat?
Should I expect that noveau support gets dropped, if not now, then at some point, for ancient GPUs? Trash the GT210 (which is perfectly fine for my needs) to replace it with a more power hungry and noisy GTX 670 which I have lying around somewhere?
Before this I tried connecting remotely, through VNC?, but it kept dropping connection as soon as the local user got idle and the graphical interface locked. Ages ago I remember using Xming to run startx through terminal which was fine.
Should I give up on NVidia drivers and noveau, or get another card for a couple of years, or is there a real possibility of scrapping the graphics altogether, just keeping the GT210 for BIOS and other emergency issues.