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I need a new debian kernel to activate a module available only on version 5.13 and more. So I found a tutorial to configure, build and install it.

After rebooting the computer and selecting through grub the new kernel, the computer get stuck at /dev/sda1: clean. Booting on the new kernel in recovery mode don't avoid the problem.

I can ping and ssh into the computer when the main terminal is frozen, and the new kernel is runing :

debian@debian:~$ uname -r
5.13.7

I already tried fsck -f /dev/sda1 from a live ubuntu but there is no error for the disk.

Do you know how to correct the problem ? I don't want to have an ethernet interface dedicated to ssh because I need them all to try the new module.

PS : I didn't installed a graphical interface for the OS

Edit :

  • find /usr/lib/modules/5.13.7/kernel/drivers/ nvidia doesn't find anything

  • For the console driver I don't know where to find it, cat /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind return 1 (I have only vtcon1)

  • systemctl status return State : running

  • cat /proc/fb return nothing

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  • No console driver, perhaps? Did you perhaps install the nVidia drivers (because that would blacklist the "noveau" module that would normally provide the console on nV cards? – Simon Richter Aug 06 '21 at 10:41
  • The fact that you can ping and ssh into the computer indicates the system in fact comes up into multi-user mode. Run `systemctl status`: if the second line says `State: degraded`, run `systemctl` without any options and see which services in the displayed list have failed. Also please run `cat /proc/fb` and edit your question to tell us what it says. – telcoM Aug 06 '21 at 13:16
  • My expectation is that there is no console driver, so systemd does not generate getty invocations, so none of the zero getty invocations are missing, hence the system is not "degraded." – Simon Richter Aug 10 '21 at 09:12
  • @SimonRichter I researched how to install the console driver but I couldn't find anything. Do you have an idea or a link on how to do it ? Maybe a graphic interface can bypass the problem, I will look for that at the same time. – molik Aug 10 '21 at 15:03

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