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From: Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch>
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Subject: Re: Using telinit {1,3,5} with systemd
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 07:35:12 -0400
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On 2024-05-24 8:38 p.m., vallor wrote:
> On Fri, 24 May 2024 07:47:54 -0400, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote
> in <v2pupa$2ae8o$1@dont-email.me>:
> 
>> On 2024-05-23 9:15 p.m., vallor wrote:
>>> So after building a kernel and booting it, I've found it easiest to
>>> take the system to single-user mode with
>>>
>>> $ telinit 1
>>>
>>>    ...which will take the system to single-user ("rescue") mode and
>>> ask for your root password before proceeding.  (Make sure you have one
>>> set.)
>>>
>>> Then I build the open Nvidia drivers, install them,
>>> then remove the existing Nvidia drivers with the following command
>>> (that I've scripted):
>>>
>>> rmmod nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia
>>>
>>>    ...which removes the modules in the proper order,
>>> accounting for dependencies.
>>>
>>> Finally, everything is ready to go, so:
>>>
>>> # telinit 5
>>>
>>>    ...and the system comes up in all its graphical glory.
>>>
>>> I do it this way rather than rebooting because sometimes,
>>> the drivers don't load right when I boot, and windows tear when they
>>> move.  If that happens, I do the "telinit 1"-"rmmod"-"telinit 5"
>>> dance, which has always solved the problem.
>>>
>>> (I was pleasantly surprised to find out that systemd knows about init
>>> runlevels.  Very helpful.)
>>>
>>> Finally, if you want to shutdown the display manager and just use vty's
>>> with getty logins, you could
>>>
>>> $ telinit 3
>>>
>>> These runlevels are the same as they were with SysV init on Linux.
>>
>> I'm curious: are you removing the NVIDIA proprietary drivers here or the
>> open ones? I'm reading that there are issues with the open-kernel ones
>> because they're in alpha. I was under the impression that you didn't
>> have too much trouble with them.
> 
> They are the open ones from Nvidia. (Not nouveau, but the "open" version
> of their proprietary drivers.)
> 
> https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules

Why are you removing them? Were they problematic?

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Andrzej (Andre) Matuch
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