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surrealpie

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Registered: 2017-10-10

Posts: 7

kernel parameters list

I want to know if the parameters nomodeset and vga= are set, since i am trying to test my gpu using the nouveau driver, according to this page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nouveau

I do sysctl -a to list parameters, but i don't get anything when i grep for nomodeset or vga=. If they are not set, i would expect to get nomodeset=0 or something like that, but those parameters are just not listed. Is the list from sysctl -a not a full list of parameters or only the active ones? Is it possible that those parameters just don't exist?

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

Posts: 1,638

Re: kernel parameters list

Boot parameters are different from sysctl parameters. The difference is explained on aforementioned wiki page.

EDIT. You can check which boot parameters are set from /proc/cmdline

Last edited by ooo (2017-11-30 07:51:42)