kernel 6.12 not working with nvidia-tesla-470

[michaa7]

... Should I be setting "nvidia-drm.modeset=1" somewhere?

If you want nvidia-470 to function with kernel 6.12, then "Yes".

Do it in /etc/default/grub, line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet <ect bla bla bla ect> nvidia-drm.modeset=1" and nvidia-470 driver will work with 6.12.x kernels ... but don't forget to issue "update-grub" afterwards ;-) .

Note: drm = Digital Rights Management, unclear to me what the computer-RL implications are?!

[towo]

No, drm is direct rendering manager, it has nothing to do with  Digital Rights Managemen!

[michaa7]

No, drm is direct rendering manager, it has nothing to do with  Digital Rights Managemen!

OHHH, thank you, towo, for this clarification. I am happy to have been wrong with thisone!

[Pip]

And thank you both for getting this back to working for me! It now boots directly into SDDM. For some reason, it also shows a virtual keyboard on the log in page, but that's minor.

[DeepDayze]

And thank you both for getting this back to working for me! It now boots directly into SDDM. For some reason, it also shows a virtual keyboard on the log in page, but that's minor.

There is a button to open the Virtual Keyboard and that's normal. If you have a tablet or touch screen you can tap it to open the Virtual Keyboard to type in your username/password to login.

[dibl]

... For some reason, it also shows a virtual keyboard on the log in page, but that's minor.

Yes, this seems to be a new "feature" for laptops and notebooks. I don't see it on the desktops.

[Pip]

It's on the desktop (as in computer type) for me as well as the laptop. It goes away by clicking the keyboard key presented, but seems to just come back next time. Minor.

[michaa7]

I don't have this problem, so I can't evaluate whether or not this provides a solution:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/722843/how-to-get-rid-of-the-virtual-onscreen-keyboard-during-login

[Pip]

It doesn't seem to. But thanks for looking.

[towo]

open /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf as root with an editor, add

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InputMethod=

in the [General] section of that file and save it.

[Pip]

Excellent! That works nicely. Thank you.

[scholle1]

open /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf [...]

Danke für den Hinweis.

XFCE
gleiches Symptom "virtuelle Tastatur", ähnliche Lösung.

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mv /etc/sddm.conf /etc/sddm.conf.old
cp -a /etc/sddm.conf.dpkg-new /etc/sddm.conf


und die Tastatur erscheint nicht mehr.
Die Datei enthält bereits den Schlüssel

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# Input method module
InputMethod=

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open /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf [...]

Thanks for the hint.

XFCE
same symptom "virtual keyboard", similar solution.

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mv /etc/sddm.conf /etc/sddm.conf.old
cp -a /etc/sddm.conf.dpkg-new /etc/sddm.conf

and the keyboard no longer appears.
The file already contains the key

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# Input method module
InputMethod=