Bug#1122211: nvidia-driver: Driver install fails for rt kernel due to missing apt configs

[Javid Jannat]

Package: nvidia-driver
Version: 590.44.01-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

I ran into issues trying to install the nvidia driver on debian 13 rt.
I followed the instructions on the debian wiki for the installation.
After installing, running `dkms status` would say that the driver was
installed.
But when I rebooted the computer, the driver would not load. After some
troubleshooting,
I found out that the driver was installed for a regular kernel but not for
an rt kernel.
I fixed it by purging the drivers, installing `cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb`
from
https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian13/x86_64/ ,
updating apt, then installing the drivers.

I made a post on the nvidia dev forums here:
https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/cant-get-nvidia-driver-to-work-on-deabian-13-rt-laptop/353618/12


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.2
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,
'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.12.57+deb13-rt-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages nvidia-driver depends on:
ii  nvidia-driver-libs                                     590.44.01-1
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                                     590.44.01-1
ii  nvidia-kernel-support                                  590.44.01-1
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver                                    590.44.01-1
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia [xserver-xorg-video-nvidia]  590.44.01-1

nvidia-driver recommends no packages.

Versions of packages nvidia-driver suggests:
pn  nvidia-driver-pinning-590  <none>
ii  nvidia-settings            590.44.01-1

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