On 12/15/22 04:24, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote:
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>> On 15 Dec 2022, at 00:38, Michael S. Keller via Dng
>> <dng@???> wrote:
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>> I upgraded to kernel 6.0 via the testing repo.
>>
>> On one of my x86_64 machines, there is no console output after a
>> certain point in the boot process, and ctrl-alt-Fn shows only a blank
>> screen. ctrl-alt-F7 does not return to X11 (or the video card is
>> asleep, don't know which). This host is still reachable across the
>> network, and restarting X11 brings the GUI display back.
>>
>> With kernel 5.10, it behaved as I would expect, with virtual consoles
>> accessible.
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>> I tried adding "consoleblank=0" to the kernel options, but that did
>> not appear to help.
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>> Has anyone else encountered this?
>>
>> My video card is an nVidia GTX 760, and in case it helps, the driver
>> is nvidia-tesla-470-driver (doesn't support newer).
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> Are you on stable/chimaera and using testing/daedalus for the kernel
> packages? Have you tried the 6.0 packages from chimaera-backports?

Yes.

I thought I did, but am having trouble finding evidence to prove my memory.

I just tried again, explicitly asking for the stable-backports versions,
and the console appears to be working correctly.

Thank you.

-Michael