Note that this fix won't work for everyone as Nvidia dropped support for a bunch of older GPUs with version 590. I used to use the Nvidia repo, but I had to go back to the Debian repo after my GTX-1060 stopped working.
I can't find the official Nvidia notice about this but here's an article about it: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/geforce-590-driver-branch-is-the-first-without-feature-support-for-gtx-9-and-10-series-gpus-linux-release-marks-the-end-of-the-line-for-graphics-cards-that-defined-an-era I used François Gannaz's patch on my sid system and that fixed my problem. On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM Thomas More <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms > Followup-For: Bug #1135362 > X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > User: [email protected] > Usertags: amd64 > Control: tags -1 ftbfs > > On Mon, 18 May 2026 17:24:14 +0200 (CEST) Giacomo Mulas > <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... > > > it appears that the latest git version of at least the open version of > the > > nvidia kernel module on github (595.71.05) is compatible with 7.0.x > kernels. > > Since usually the closed version is aligned, at least in terms of kernel > > interfaces, this may be the case for that as well. Would it be feasible > to > > pull these versions (or a somewhat previous one known to be compatible > with > > new kernels) at least in experimental, even without letting get into sid > or > > testing? This would provide at least a partial working alternative to > keep > > kernel updates on hold for people depending on GPU offloading support on > > nvidia. > > It turns out that it's actually quite easy to install Debian-packaged > versions of the latest drivers straight from upstream: > > https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads > > https://old.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/1jyzgrx/the_correct_way_to_install_newer_nvidia_drivers/ > > For Debian unstable on amd64, all I had to do was basically: > > $ wget > https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian13/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb > # dpkg -i /path/to/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb # this installs a keyring > and adds a repository > # apt update && apt upgrade > > and voila - 595.71.05 built fine against 7.0.7+deb14-amd64. I rebooted, and > now I'm successfully running 595.71.05 (I haven't yet tested extensively). > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: forky/sid > APT prefers oldstable-security > APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, > 'experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 7.0.7+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), > LANGUAGE=en_US > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on: > ii dkms 3.4.0-1 > ii firmware-nvidia-gsp [firmware-nvidia-gsp] 595.71.05-1 > ii nvidia-kernel-support 595.71.05-1 > > Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends: > ii nvidia-driver 595.71.05-1 > > nvidia-kernel-dkms suggests no packages. > > -- debconf-show failed > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected]. >
