diff --git a/fedac/native/src/ac-native.c b/fedac/native/src/ac-native.c
index cf09f9f30e..a02a9b3ef2 100644
--- a/fedac/native/src/ac-native.c
+++ b/fedac/native/src/ac-native.c
@@ -3389,6 +3389,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
             ac_display_present(display, screen, pixel_scale);
             clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &_pf_pres1);
 
+            // Late input poll: grab any pointer events that arrived during
+            // rendering. Under Wayland, the compositor flushes motion events
+            // after our surface commit — polling here halves input latency.
+            input_poll(input);
+
             // HDMI: render waveform at ~7.5Hz (every 8 frames) — 4K dumb-buf is slow
             if (hdmi && audio && main_frame % 8 == 0) {
                 drm_secondary_present_waveform(hdmi, &graph,
diff --git a/fedac/nixos/configuration.nix b/fedac/nixos/configuration.nix
index fa3dde1215..077fa1e3bd 100644
--- a/fedac/nixos/configuration.nix
+++ b/fedac/nixos/configuration.nix
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ in
     home = "/tmp/ac-home";
   };
 
-  # Autologin — no greeter, no display manager
-  services.getty.autologinUser = "ac";
+  # No getty — kiosk service takes over tty1 directly
+  services.getty.autologinUser = lib.mkForce null;
 
   # System packages — only what ac-native needs at runtime
   environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ in
     serviceConfig = {
       Type = "oneshot";
       RemainAfterExit = true;
-      StandardOutput = "journal+console";
-      StandardError = "journal+console";
+      StandardOutput = "journal";
+      StandardError = "journal";
       ExecStart = pkgs.writeShellScript "mount-usb-config" ''
         set -u
 
diff --git a/fedac/nixos/modules/hardware.nix b/fedac/nixos/modules/hardware.nix
index c55a9801e9..64ecf82940 100644
--- a/fedac/nixos/modules/hardware.nix
+++ b/fedac/nixos/modules/hardware.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
 
 {
-  # Broad hardware support — load ALL firmware
-  hardware.firmware = [ pkgs.linux-firmware ];
+  # Broad hardware support — load ALL firmware + WiFi regulatory DB
+  hardware.firmware = [ pkgs.linux-firmware pkgs.wireless-regdb ];
 
   # GPU: Intel + AMD + Nvidia (nouveau)
   hardware.graphics = {
diff --git a/fedac/nixos/modules/image.nix b/fedac/nixos/modules/image.nix
index 2c2bb605bd..5d1297b30a 100644
--- a/fedac/nixos/modules/image.nix
+++ b/fedac/nixos/modules/image.nix
@@ -10,16 +10,18 @@
 
   # Quiet boot — suppress kernel/systemd text, go straight to ac-native.
   # Suppress NixOS initrd "stage 1" / "stage 2" banners
-  boot.initrd.verbose = false;
+  boot.initrd.verbose = lib.mkForce false;
 
-  # Silent boot: send all kernel/initrd/systemd output to tty2 (invisible).
+  # Silent boot: redirect ALL output to tty2 (invisible).
   # tty1 stays black until cage takes over with ac-native.
-  boot.kernelParams = lib.mkAfter [
+  boot.kernelParams = lib.mkForce [
+    "consoleblank=0"
     "console=tty2"
     "quiet"
     "loglevel=0"
     "rd.systemd.show_status=false"
     "systemd.show_status=false"
+    "systemd.log_level=crit"
     "vt.global_cursor_default=0"
     "splash"
   ];
diff --git a/fedac/nixos/modules/kiosk.nix b/fedac/nixos/modules/kiosk.nix
index aa3b88fe16..a60c891ac2 100644
--- a/fedac/nixos/modules/kiosk.nix
+++ b/fedac/nixos/modules/kiosk.nix
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ in
       TTYVHangup = true;
       TTYVTDisallocate = true;
       StandardInput = "tty";
-      StandardOutput = "journal+console";
-      StandardError = "journal+console";
+      StandardOutput = "journal";
+      StandardError = "journal";
 
       # cage -s for single-app mode, wrapped so child logs land in journal.
       ExecStart = "${ac-native-kiosk}";