[Bug 1614389] Re: Please silence this NVRM message

[Phillip Susi]

We're not going to force everyone to go back to using the ugly old vga
text console and all of the screen flickering associated with that just
to get rid of an annoying message from nvidia's silly proprietary
driver.  At most, the driver should make this change when it is
installed.


** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Please silence this  NVRM message

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  With the ubuntu grub2 default config, this message is logged into
  journalctl:

  kernel: NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
  kernel: NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
  kernel: NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
  kernel: NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
  kernel: NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.

  It is uselessly scarying users; and a /etc/default/grub tweak can
  remove them:

  change the default #GRUB_TERMINAL=console  to  GRUB_TERMINAL=console

  This happen with a nvidia driver on a non uefi old mobo. Nvidia should have solved this issue, but still exist, as explained with that uefi example:
  https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/827139/linux/uefi-nvidia-vga-console-complaints-/1

  Awaiting a nvidia fix that never comes, the best solution for now is
  to silence this message.

  If that message is not being silenced, maybe it should be such
  "feature not supported by nvidia; you can set "GRUB_TERMINAL=console"
  to get a VGA console.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: systemd 231-3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-2.3-generic 4.8.0-rc2
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-2-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Aug 18 08:47:17 2016
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
   Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c062 Logitech, Inc. M-UAS144 [LS1 Laser Mouse]
   Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
  MachineType: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC P5W DH Deluxe
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-2-generic root=UUID=7c755ed6-51cc-4b75-88ac-9c75acf82749 ro
  SourcePackage: systemd
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/22/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 3002
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: P5W DH Deluxe
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3002:bd07/22/2010:svnASUSTEKCOMPUTERINC:pnP5WDHDeluxe:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5WDHDeluxe:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: P5W DH Deluxe
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC

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