Am Samstag, 1. März 2025, 20:27:25 CET schrieb Van Snyder: > On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 22:00 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > That's correct. You're probably missing the metapackage that brings > > in new kernels automatically. For an amd64 machine, that metapackage > > is named "linux-image-amd64". (If you use DKMS kernel modules, > > you'll > > also want the corresponding linux-headers-* metapackage.) > > The NVidia 570 driver is a kernel package that's installed by running > an bash script that requires the kernel headers. > > If I get the metapackages linux-image-amd64 and limux-headers-amd64, > will I need to rebuild the NVidia driver every time it loads a new > kernel?
Yes, when you get a new kernel-version, let`s say, 6.1.0-32-am64, then the nvidia kernel module has to be built. So, after an upgrade and a new kernel, let the old kernel installed. When the nvidia build fails and X is not starting, you can reboot and start with the older kernel. After the new kernel is starting well and X is loaded and the nvidia-module and drivers are working well, you can deinstall the older kernel. With an upgrade the build of the nvidia-kernel-module should run automatically. Hans
