Bug#969894: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver: X will not start with nvidia-legacy-390.xx driver and 5.8 kernel

[Bram Fransen]

Its looks like its not solved for the latest version 450.66-1

sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-kernel-dkms

[10:35:07]

-------- Uninstall Beginning --------
Module:  nvidia-current
Version: 450.66
Kernel:  5.7.0-3-amd64 (x86_64)
-------------------------------------

Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.

nvidia-current.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.7.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


nvidia-current-modeset.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.7.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


nvidia-current-drm.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.7.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.


nvidia-current-uvm.ko:
 - Uninstallation
   - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.7.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/
 - Original module
   - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
   - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

depmod...

DKMS: uninstall completed.

------------------------------
Deleting module version: 450.66
completely from the DKMS tree.
------------------------------
Done.
Loading new nvidia-current-450.66 DKMS files...
Building for 5.7.0-3-amd64 5.8.0-2-amd64
Building initial module for 5.7.0-3-amd64
Done.

nvidia-current.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.7.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/

nvidia-current-modeset.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.7.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/

nvidia-current-drm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.7.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/

nvidia-current-uvm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/5.7.0-3-amd64/updates/dkms/

depmod...

DKMS: install completed.
Module build for kernel 5.8.0-2-amd64 was skipped since the
kernel headers for this kernel does not seem to be installed.



» sudo dpkg -l | grep nvidia

[10:35:41]
ii  glx-alternative-nvidia                   1.2.0
     amd64        allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  libegl-nvidia0:amd64                     450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary EGL library
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx:amd64            450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX library (GLVND variant)
ii  libgles-nvidia1:amd64                    450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL|ES 1.x library
ii  libgles-nvidia2:amd64                    450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL|ES 2.x library
ii  libglx-nvidia0:amd64                     450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary GLX library
ii  libnvidia-cbl:amd64                      450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary Vulkan ray tracing (cbl) library
ii  libnvidia-cfg1:amd64                     450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-container-tools                1.0.5-1
     amd64        NVIDIA container runtime library (command-line tools)
ii  libnvidia-container1:amd64               1.0.5-1
     amd64        NVIDIA container runtime library
ii  libnvidia-eglcore:amd64                  450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary EGL core libraries
ii  libnvidia-glcore:amd64                   450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX core libraries
ii  libnvidia-glvkspirv:amd64                450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary Vulkan Spir-V compiler library
ii  libnvidia-ml1:amd64                      450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) runtime library
ii  libnvidia-rtcore:amd64                   450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary Vulkan ray tracing (rtcore) library
ii  nvidia-alternative                       450.66-1
    amd64        allows the selection of NVIDIA as GLX provider
ii  nvidia-container-toolkit                 1.0.5-1
     amd64        NVIDIA container runtime hook
ii  nvidia-detect                            450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA GPU detection utility
ii  nvidia-driver                            450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA metapackage
ii  nvidia-driver-bin                        450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii  nvidia-driver-libs:amd64                 450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA metapackage (OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES libraries)
ii  nvidia-egl-common                        450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary EGL driver - common files
ii  nvidia-egl-icd:amd64                     450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA EGL installable client driver (ICD)
ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup                 20151021+12
     amd64        cleanup after driver installation with the
nvidia-installer
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                     20151021+12
     amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                       450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module DKMS source
ii  nvidia-kernel-support                    450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary kernel module support files
ii  nvidia-legacy-check                      450.66-1
    amd64        check for NVIDIA GPUs requiring a legacy driver
ii  nvidia-modprobe                          450.66-1
    amd64        utility to load NVIDIA kernel modules and create device
nodes
ii  nvidia-persistenced                      450.57-1
    amd64        daemon to maintain persistent software state in the NVIDIA
driver
ii  nvidia-settings                          450.66-1
    amd64        tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii  nvidia-smi                               450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA System Management Interface
ii  nvidia-support                           20151021+12
     amd64        NVIDIA binary graphics driver support files
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64                450.66-1
    amd64        Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix - NVIDIA driver
ii  nvidia-vulkan-common                     450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA Vulkan driver - common files
ii  nvidia-vulkan-icd:amd64                  450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA Vulkan installable client driver (ICD)
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia                450.66-1
    amd64        NVIDIA binary Xorg driver


» lsb_release -a

[10:40:08]
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid
Release: unstable
Codename: sid
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