Bug#1073933: nvidia-kernel-dkms: nvidia 525.147.05 dkms build failing with current testing kernel

[Jonathan Kamens]

Nvidia driver major versions are not interchangeable or always 
upgradeable. The newer drivers than mine, i.e., the ones whose major 
version numbers are higher than 525, have not in the past worked with my 
graphics card. This is why multiple major versions are available in the 
repositories.

nvidia-detect tells me to install nvidia-driver. nvidia-driver is major 
version 525, as far as I can tell.

If I should be using a different driver then I am not being told to do 
that by the latest available versions of the tools that the 
documentation ( 
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#nvidia-detect ) says I'm 
supposed to use to determine which driver to use.

Perhaps the problem is indeed that I should be using a different 
version. But if that's the case, then there is still a bug in testing 
that needs to be fixed, because (a) upgrading from testing did not 
automatically upgrade me to the version I should be using and (b) the 
tooling that is supposed to tell me what version to use is not telling 
me to use a newer version.

On 6/20/24 8:59 AM, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> On 20/06/2024 14.17, Jonathan Kamens via pkg-nvidia-devel wrote:
>> Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
>> Version: 525.147.05-7~deb12u1
>
> Why do you expect the driver from stable to work with the kernel from 
> testing?
> Please use the driver from testing.
>
>
> Andreas
>
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