General Questions • Re: [Software] Nvidia Drivers

I reinstalled Trixie this morning on the desktop machine, typing on my laptop with Trixie and the Nvidia drivers.
I edited the sources.list to this.
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security main non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security main non-free-firmware

# trixie-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;
# see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debi ... _backports
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates contrib main non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates contrib main non-free non-free-firmware

I installed nvidia-detect
It tells me TU116 GeForce 1650 Super rev a1
"it is recommended to install nvidia-driver"

I ran apt install nvidia-driver

after it downloads I get a screen that says
Conflicting nouveau kernel module loaded
The free nouveau kernel module is currently loaded and conflicts with the non-free nvidia kernel module
The easiest way to fix this is to reboot the machine once the installation has finished.
Ok is the only option"

The install finishes and I restart

I see the boot loader screen line by line and Failed: Failed to start nvidia-persistenced.service - nvidia persistence daemon
the loading continues and stops at started cups.serviceConflicting nouveau kernel module loaded
The free nouveau kernel module is currently loaded and conflicts with the non-free nvidia kernel module
The easiest way to fix this is to reboot the machine once the installation has finished.



systemctl status nvidia-persistenced.service

from grub I select Advanced Options
Recovery module

From recovery I log in (root)

journalctl -xb

I found the following
error running install command 'modprobe nvidia-modeset ; modprobe -i nvidia-current-drm for module nvidia_drm retcode 1 Failed to insert module 'nvidia_drm: invalid argument.

failed to start systemd-modules-load.service load kernal modules

/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restor.rules:18 GOTO="alsa_restor_std" has no matching label, ignoring.

/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restor.rules:22 GOTO="alsa_restor_std" has no matching label, ignoring.

Error running install command 'modprobe -1 nvidia-current ' for module nvidia: retcode 1
Failed to insert modult 'nvidia_drm': invalid argument

Failed to start systemd-modules-load.service - Load kernel modules.

That's what I have.

Statistics: Posted by SamuelMac — 2026-01-03 18:22

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