Bug#1079569: nvidia-open-kernel-dkms: Bricked my laptop. Missing instructions?

[marillat]

On Sat, 24 Aug 2024 19:32:10 +0200 Marc Glisse <marc.glisse at normalesup.org> wrote:
> Package: nvidia-open-kernel-dkms
> Version: 535.183.06-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,

Andreas, Marc,

> I have
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation TU106GLM [Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile / Max-Q] [10de:1f36] (rev a1)
> 
> and read that nvidia recommends using the "open" driver for this GPU,
> even if the traditional one is working fine (I have been using it on
> this laptop for years). I wanted to try, so
> 
> apt install nvidia-open-kernel-dkms
> 
> and it compiles the modules just fine. One reboot later, I notice that
> linux is still using the old module. It seems redundant, so
> 
> apt purge nvidia-kernel-dkms

I had the same problem when I've moved to the Nvidia open driver and
spend some time to understand the problem.

More exactly the problem come from the -support packages
nvidia-kernel-support and nvidia-open-kernel-support

Both try to modprobe is own kernel module and this freeze the computer.

To fix this issue nvidia-open-kernel-support should Conflicts with nvidia-open-kernel-support

Christian