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Installing nvidia driver installs a new kernel [SOLVED, LOOK IN THE COMMENTS] (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When installing the proprietary nvidia driver recommended by the the official debian page for Debian Bookwork, apt seems to want to install a new kernel. I actually did this before (since this is my second time installing debian on here) and this new kernel messes with the display server somehow, disabeling all monitors but one, limiting the resolution, removing all the UI animations and so on. So I don't want to do that again. My current kernel is the Debain 12 default: linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64. Am I doing something terribly wrong, is the website perhaps outdated, or what is going on here?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Where would get that installer?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You probably want this one https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/217147/en-us/

Installation instructions are under 'additional information'

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is there a way to download older driver versions? I've heard that output to VR displays tends to get blocked by the new drivers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I'm not sure. This is their main driver archive page, but it looks like the other (non-beta) entries are the newest driver for older cards, not older versions of the same driver

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't use the NVIDIA installer, as it conflicts with the package manager. Use the nvidia-kernel-dkms package from the official Debian repository

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Turns out that the repository one is broken. This is an issue with a specific version of the nights driver, which has just been fixed. If you want more info, have a look at the solved content I made on this post.