> should it fail how can I get the log when my system completely locks
up and dies?

My understanding of the bug is that it occurs when the NVIDIA driver
tries to bring up the DisplayPort link on certain DisplayPort monitors.
You should be able to drive the system in text mode with a failing
driver, to capture the log. One way to do that would be to add
"systemd.unit=multi-user.target" to the kernel command line. (When the
bootloader menu comes up, edit the boot options and add this argument to
the line that starts with 'linux'.) If you happen to have another system
on the same network you can even try SSHing into the system that
reproduces the problem, then start the graphical session manually with
`sudo systemctl isolate graphical`, and if the crash doesn't take down
the SSH session, you ought to be able to generate the log file while the
problem is occurring. (Log files taken while a bug is actively being
reproduced tend to be the most useful.) Depending on the exact nature of
the crash, you may even be able to SSH into a system which has already
crashed, without having to go to the effort of starting it in text mode
first.

> In that eventuality I've only been able to recover by booting an older
kernel with the older drivers. Will that not invalidate the log content
on restart?

It may, or may not. nvidia-bug-report.sh attempts to capture logs from
the previous boot, if they have been retained. If you do find that you
are unable to capture a log file using a driver version which reproduces
the problem, just make sure to note that you captured the log file after
rebooting to a known good driver.

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  Kernel oops with the 460.80 and 465.27 drivers when using DP, but not
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