Please silence this NVRM message

[dino99]

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

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

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.