New behavior! + additions to the "things I've tried" list!
* adding nvidia-drm.modeset=0 to the kernel args at the grub menu
* Backlight stays on, I can switch to ctrl+alt+F2
* On TTY 2, it looks like abit of kernel log is displayed: "ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087f flags 0x200] vs fed40080 f80"
* On a whim, I decided to go back to ctrl+alt+F1, which no longer had the backlight on, but pretended there was a (gdm3?) login screen there, and hit enter + <password for default user>.... THIS Got me into x11/gnome!
* possibly this would have worked all along? Not great because its not apparent you can do anything. but better than...
* adding nvidia-drm.modeset=1 to the kernel args at the grub menu
* the login screen appears! hit enter + <password for default user> to log in...
* Back to the old behavior. - No graphics, backlight or ability to switch to another TTY
New behavior! + additions to the "things I've tried" list! drm.modeset= 0 to the kernel args at the grub menu 0xfed4087f flags 0x200] vs fed40080 f80"
* adding nvidia-
* Backlight stays on, I can switch to ctrl+alt+F2
* On TTY 2, it looks like abit of kernel log is displayed: "ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-
* On a whim, I decided to go back to ctrl+alt+F1, which no longer had the backlight on, but pretended there was a (gdm3?) login screen there, and hit enter + <password for default user>.... THIS Got me into x11/gnome!
* possibly this would have worked all along? Not great because its not apparent you can do anything. but better than...
* adding nvidia- drm.modeset= 1 to the kernel args at the grub menu
* the login screen appears! hit enter + <password for default user> to log in...
* Back to the old behavior. - No graphics, backlight or ability to switch to another TTY