Re: Nvidia drivers stop working on testing after upgrade to kernel 6.12

Rafał Lichwała <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Jan 2025 09:14:47 +0100
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Hi Zeke,

Thank you for reply and suggestion, but unfortunately that does not help.

I know that linux-headers (for currently used kernel version) are needed 
to properly install nvidia-driver package (from Debian repo), because 
nvidia DKMS modules must be compiled during such installation, but it 
seems there is a bug which makes it does not work for a new 6.12 kernels 
(tested on initial 6.12.5 and current 6.12.6 in Trixie).

After I've already sent my initial message here, I've found a bug report 
in BTS:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1089513

According to the last comments, there is a patch available which fixes 
the issue, so I hope it will be applied in the next nvidia-driver 
package release for Debian (and hopefully before Trixie become a new 
stable).

Right now I'm back on kernel 6.11 which works fine with nvidia-driver 
package version 535.216 (available in Trixie repo), so I removed 550 
drivers from nvidia web page as mentioned in initial email here and 
stayed on the official one from Trixie repo.

Regards,
Rafal


On 9.01.2025 3:31 AM, Ezequiel wrote:
> Hello. I had the same issue and I've found that one of the issues was 
> that the kernel headers were not correctly installed. I ran
> apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
> and after that finished the dkms driver was built.
>
> I am not sure why this happens. Maybe some dependencies are missing?
>
> I hope this helps you
> Zeke
>
> El dom, 22 dic 2024 a las 9:07, Rafał Lichwała (<[email protected]>) 
> escribió:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Yesterday Debian testing switched from 6.11 to 6.12.
>     After that upgrade my Nvidia drivers (535.216 from official testing
>     repo) stop working (KDE Plasma 6.2).
>
>     I've fight with this for a whole day, but with no success. Symptoms:
>       - SDDM cannot open X for login screen ("failed to read display
>     number
>     from pipe")
>       - so black screen after reboot
>       - X reports: failed to open /dev/dri/card0 (invalid argument)
>
>     Tried everything (reinstalling nvidia-driver to compile modules
>     for new
>     kernel during installation etc).
>
>     Finally successfully restored my Debian testing by installing Nvidia
>     Debian drivers from their official web page (version 550 right now).
>     Graphics is not so good (as it was on official Debian testing repo
>     - for
>     example google-chrome-stable has some glitches), but desktop
>     environment
>     works fine.
>
>     Any advice or experiences from other Nvidia driver users on Debian
>     testing?
>
>     Regards,
>     Rafal
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> ¨Como siempre, los ingenieros hicieron un
> escándalo, aunque terminaron la maniobra
> en la mitad del tiempo que habían rechazado
> como imposible¨
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    <p>Hi Zeke,</p>
    <p>Thank you for reply and suggestion, but unfortunately that does
      not help.</p>
    <p>I know that linux-headers (for currently used kernel version) are
      needed to properly install nvidia-driver package (from Debian
      repo), because nvidia DKMS modules must be compiled during such
      installation, but it seems there is a bug which makes it does not
      work for a new 6.12 kernels (tested on initial 6.12.5 and current
      6.12.6 in Trixie).</p>
    <p>After I've already sent my initial message here, I've found a bug
      report in BTS:</p>
    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1089513">https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1089513</a></p>
    <p>According to the last comments, there is a patch available which
      fixes the issue, so I hope it will be applied in the next
      nvidia-driver package release for Debian (and hopefully before
      Trixie become a new stable).<br>
    </p>
    <p>Right now I'm back on kernel 6.11 which works fine with
      nvidia-driver package version 535.216 (available in Trixie repo),
      so I removed 550 drivers from nvidia web page as mentioned in
      initial email here and stayed on the official one from Trixie
      repo.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Regards,<br>
      Rafal</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9.01.2025 3:31 AM, Ezequiel wrote:<br>
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        <div>Hello. I had the same issue and I've found that one of the
          issues was that the kernel headers were not correctly
          installed. I ran<br>
          apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)<br>
        </div>
        <div>and after that finished the dkms driver was built.<br>
          <br>
        </div>
        <div>I am not sure why this happens. Maybe some dependencies are
          missing?<br>
          <br>
        </div>
        <div>I hope this helps you<br>
        </div>
        <div>Zeke</div>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">El dom, 22 dic 2024 a las
          9:07, Rafał Lichwała (&lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]"
            moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">[email protected]</a>&gt;)
          escribió:<br>
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        <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
          <br>
          Yesterday Debian testing switched from 6.11 to 6.12.<br>
          After that upgrade my Nvidia drivers (535.216 from official
          testing <br>
          repo) stop working (KDE Plasma 6.2).<br>
          <br>
          I've fight with this for a whole day, but with no success.
          Symptoms:<br>
            - SDDM cannot open X for login screen ("failed to read
          display number <br>
          from pipe")<br>
            - so black screen after reboot<br>
            - X reports: failed to open /dev/dri/card0 (invalid
          argument)<br>
          <br>
          Tried everything (reinstalling nvidia-driver to compile
          modules for new <br>
          kernel during installation etc).<br>
          <br>
          Finally successfully restored my Debian testing by installing
          Nvidia <br>
          Debian drivers from their official web page (version 550 right
          now).<br>
          Graphics is not so good (as it was on official Debian testing
          repo - for <br>
          example google-chrome-stable has some glitches), but desktop
          environment <br>
          works fine.<br>
          <br>
          Any advice or experiences from other Nvidia driver users on
          Debian testing?<br>
          <br>
          Regards,<br>
          Rafal<br>
          <br>
          <br>
          <br>
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      <span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br>
      <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">¨Como siempre, los
        ingenieros hicieron un<br>
        escándalo, aunque terminaron la maniobra<br>
        en la mitad del tiempo que habían rechazado<br>
        como imposible¨</div>
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