Bug#1130057: Bug #1130057

[Sabrina]

Hi,

I'm running Debian testing and had the same issue while installing today's (13/03) kernel update.
The nvidia dkms module builds successfully for kernel versions 6.18.12 and 6.18.15, but it fails for 6.19.6, with the terminal returning the following message:

Autoinstall of module nvidia-current/550.163.01 for kernel 6.19.6+deb14-amd64 (x86_64)
Building module(s)........(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
env NV_VERBOSE=1 make -j16 modules KERNEL_UNAME=6.19.6+deb14-amd64

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.19.6+deb14-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/550.163.01/build/make.log for more information.

Autoinstall on 6.19.6+deb14-amd64 failed for module(s) nvidia-current(10).

Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 1
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.19.6+deb14-amd64 (--configure):
old linux-image-6.19.6+deb14-amd64 package postinst maintainer script subprocess failed with exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-amd64:
linux-headers-amd64 depends on linux-headers-6.19.6+deb14-amd64 (= 6.19.6-1); however:
Package linux-headers-6.19.6+deb14-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64:
linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.19.6+deb14-amd64 (= 6.19.6-1); however:
Package linux-image-6.19.6+deb14-amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-6.19.6+deb14-amd64
linux-image-6.19.6+deb14-amd64
linux-headers-amd64
linux-image-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Sabrina

On Mon, 9 Mar 2026 12:56:59 +0100 Jens Yllman <jens at yllman.se> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can confirm that I get the same problem installing kernel 6.19.6-1 on
> my machine with nvidia-kernel-dkms installed.
>
> Jens
>
> On Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:50:57 -0400 "Valdinilson L. Cunha"
> <valdinilson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
> > Version: 550.163.01-4
> > Severity: important
> > X-Debbugs-Cc:debian-amd64 at lists.debian.org,valdinilson at gmail.com

> > User:debian-amd64 at lists.debian.org

> > Usertags: amd64
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > While upgrading my Debian system (tracking sid with experimental enabled), a
> > new kernel version (6.19.6-1) was installed.
> >
> > The system attempted to install:
> >
> > linux-image-6.19.6+deb14-amd64
> > linux-headers-6.19.6+deb14-amd64
> >
> > During the installation process, DKMS attempted to build the NVIDIA kernel
> > module for the new kernel.
> >
> > Performed a standard system upgrade on Debian sid using apt.
> >
> > No manual kernel compilation or custom patches were applied.
> >
> > The DKMS build of the NVIDIA module failed:
> >
> > Autoinstall of module nvidia-current/550.163.01 for kernel 6.19.6+deb14-amd64
> > (x86_64)
> > Building module(s).........(bad exit status: 2)
> >
> > This caused the following packages to fail configuration:
> >
> > linux-headers-6.19.6+deb14-amd64
> > linux-image-6.19.6+deb14-amd64
> > linux-headers-amd64
> > linux-image-amd64
> >
> > APT terminated with:
> >
> > dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.19.6+deb14-amd64 (--configure)
> > Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >
> > The DKMS log referenced in the error is located at:
> >
> > /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/550.163.01/build/make.log
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Package-specific info:
> > uname -a:> > Linux developer 6.18.15+deb14-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.18.15-1 (2026-02-27) x86_64 GNU/Linux
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