Bug#1135362: linux-image-7.0.3+deb14-amd64: Fails to build nVidia module

[Thomas More]

Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
Followup-For: Bug #1135362
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-amd64 at lists.debian.org, debian at gilead.dev
User: debian-amd64 at lists.debian.org
Usertags: amd64
Control: tags -1 ftbfs

On Mon, 18 May 2026 17:24:14 +0200 (CEST) Giacomo Mulas
<giacomo.mulas at inaf.it> wrote:

...

> it appears that the latest git version of at least the open version of the
> nvidia kernel module on github (595.71.05) is compatible with 7.0.x kernels.
> Since usually the closed version is aligned, at least in terms of kernel
> interfaces, this may be the case for that as well. Would it be feasible to
> pull these versions (or a somewhat previous one known to be compatible with
> new kernels) at least in experimental, even without letting get into sid or
> testing? This would provide at least a partial working alternative to keep
> kernel updates on hold for people depending on GPU offloading support on 
> nvidia.

It turns out that it's actually quite easy to install Debian-packaged
versions of the latest drivers straight from upstream:

https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads
https://old.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/1jyzgrx/the_correct_way_to_install_newer_nvidia_drivers/

For Debian unstable on amd64, all I had to do was basically:

$ wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian13/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
# dpkg -i /path/to/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb # this installs a keyring and adds a repository
# apt update && apt upgrade

and voila - 595.71.05 built fine against 7.0.7+deb14-amd64. I rebooted, and
now I'm successfully running 595.71.05 (I haven't yet tested extensively).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
  APT prefers oldstable-security
  APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 7.0.7+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on:
ii  dkms                                       3.4.0-1
ii  firmware-nvidia-gsp [firmware-nvidia-gsp]  595.71.05-1
ii  nvidia-kernel-support                      595.71.05-1

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends:
ii  nvidia-driver  595.71.05-1

nvidia-kernel-dkms suggests no packages.

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