Re: Nvidia, Trixie, legacy drivers

[Tom Dial <tddial@comcast.net>]

On 8/10/25 04:41, Peter B wrote:
> "Can I at least compile from upstream..."
>
> Hi Alex,
>
> Debian source package is here
> https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/nvidia-graphics-drivers-tesla-470
>
> You could try building the Debian package from source,
> but, the binaries in bookworm-backports & sid
> have already been patched to build the kernel module with the Trixie kernel.

This worked quite well for me on an HP 8570w EliteBook from ~2012 that is semi-retired now, but still a nice laptop..:

- Add bookworm-backports to debian.source
- apt update
- apt upgrade
- apt purge *nvidia-legacy-390* # I overlooked that these were present, and they're not fixed.

The laptop hung for a while at boot, and Xorg.0.log showed an error for module nv (not found).
I expect a bit of configuration can fix it, since the right module name seems to be "nvidia" now.

Thanks for the pointer; I may try Nouveau later, but this was as quick and easy fix for now.

> I'm running Testing as a rolling release, the 470 drivers are fine for me.
>
> Good luck,
> Peter

Regards,
Tom Dial