Comment # 63 on bug 1195885 from Michael Hamilton

(In reply to Thomas Zimmermann from comment #61)
> Hi
> 
> (In reply to Michael Hamilton from comment #55)
> [...]
> > > 
> > > The solution to the console problem is to add this feature to the nvidia
> > > driver. It's not too much work, but would still take a while, as the driver
> > > is hard to modify. We'll address this before attempting another change in
> > > the kernel's display configuration.
> > 
> > Does this solution mean that nvidia users will have to use an OpenSUSE built
> > driver if they want a text console?
> 
> If only I could tell you. The correct thing for Nvidia to do would be to add
> the console support for to their driver. I have no idea why they don't do so
> already.

There were people with non-Nvidia GPU's also seeing the same symptoms (blank
X11 screens).  Were they of a different nature?