Upgrade to 16.0 + Nvidia GFX + driver => small console syslog

[An irritation rather than a significant defect.]

I’ve upgraded a Leap 15.6 machine to 16.0 and switched to LXQT+SDDM.

One minor defect (after post-upgrade fix-ups) left (that I’ve noticed): the syslog console (CTL+ALT+F10) is very narrow (80 characters, I think) and short (20-30 lines long) in the top left corner of a 2K screen.

The other VTTYs I’ve tried are working and full screen. X11 is starting and graphical login is fine.

How can I correct this so it’s using the full screen, as it was before upgrade?

I couldn’t find any TTY / Console config files.
It looks like no fb driver is running. No /dev/fb/* devices are present.
Proprietary NVIDIA driver in use - the same as before upgrade.

What information will help locate or fix the problem?

# inxi -GSaz
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.0-160000.35-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.4.0 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.0-160000.35-default
    root=UUID=4d801b70-4df7-48de-aa07-924e379073a7 splash=silent
    resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/dedbef6e-c989-4075-a294-31f1b462264d preempt=full quiet
    security=apparmor nosimplefb=1 rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau mitigations=auto rd.shell=0
  Console: pty pts/0 DM: SDDM Distro: openSUSE Leap 16.0
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia v: 580.159.03
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+ status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx)
    arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: DVI-D-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1d01 class-ID: 0300
  Display: unspecified server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch tty: 132x32
  Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 model: Dell U2715H serial: <filter> built: 2015 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109
    gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440
    min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console. Try -G --display

Remove nosimplefb=1 from the kernel command line and test.

Thanks. That’s fixed it.

Big font size now, but that’s better than the small font on this screen.

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