From: karel.venken@domain.invalid   
      
   K Venken wrote:   
   > I have been trying to install slackware 15.0 on a new Dell computer with   
   > an i9-13900K CPU and a 1 TB nvme as disk. Everything seems to run fine   
   > until the point that the system reboots. It hangs with the messages   
   >   
   > ELILO v13.6 for EFI/x86_64   
   > .   
   > Loading kernel vmlinuz...  done   
   > Loading file initrd.gz...done   
   >   
   > After that everything is frozen. Even the power button or numlock does   
   > not respond.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, there is no other indication.   
   >   
   > I have also tried to boot from the installation USB and tried to start   
   > the installed slackware on the hardisk but it hangs at the same   
   > location. So it seems that there is something missing from the   
   > installation. What could have gone wrong?   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   Finally I see some light - literally.   
      
   I went out to get a regular disk, added it, disabled the NVME in the   
   BIOS (or should I better say UEFI) and redid the slackware 15   
   installation. Guess what everything exactly the same. Nothing shown   
   after the two messages. Question: is it not NVME related?   
      
   BUT   
      
   I now noted that that the disk led was flashing as if it was booting   
   normally, which puzzled me. So I installed Debian 12.1. Guess what. The   
   first time ever I saw a single message. It was from nouveau: 'unknown   
   chipset' and then everything hangs. This made me thinking. I had the the   
   latest Nvidia RTX4090 and there might be a problem with this card and   
   slackware drivers?   
      
   So I went for another option. I booted with the slackware installation   
   USB. Created a regular user entry and password (with the slackware   
   installation disk) and after rebooting -still no lights- I tried to   
   login remotely. Yeahp! All normal! Next I installed nouveau-blacklist   
   from /extra and the NVidia drivers from SBO (still remotely). After   
   that, crossed my fingers and rebooted. Who knows.   
      
   Still no lights nothing after the two messages. But after logging in   
   remotely and setting init 4, after a while I saw KDM login screen.   
   Finally some light. So far, the console stays blank, but once in   
   graphics, things work normally.   
      
   NEXT   
      
   I need to redo this on the NVME disk to check if the installation works   
   as well with this configuration.   
      
   Conclusion: Console mode does not come up when using this configuration   
   - perhaps none of the NVIDIA? RTX? version boards with nouveau driver.   
      
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