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Installing nvidia driver installs a new kernel [SOLVED, LOOK IN THE COMMENTS] (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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When installing the proprietary nvidia driver recommended by the the official debian page for Debian Bookwork, apt seems to want to install a new kernel. I actually did this before (since this is my second time installing debian on here) and this new kernel messes with the display server somehow, disabeling all monitors but one, limiting the resolution, removing all the UI animations and so on. So I don't want to do that again. My current kernel is the Debain 12 default: linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64. Am I doing something terribly wrong, is the website perhaps outdated, or what is going on here?

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[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Which kernel is it trying to install?

Did you go through the steps required for Secure Boot?

Could be messed up dependencies in the apt repo. I've been this many times, in many distros, over the years.

In any case, I recommend getting the latest driver directly from Nvidia. It's easier to keep it outside the apt ecosystem than to wrestle with overriding outdated dependencies. Plus you get the newer driver, and honestly, Nvidia's installer is easier than Debian's (particularly if you have Secure Boot enabled).

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

So what you are saying is that it makes more sense to get the driver from nvidias webiste?