Re: No graphical environment with nvidia after upgrade to Trixie 13.2 due to not-installed linux headers package
On 2025-11-16 21:38:38 -0800, Matthew Todd wrote:
> Since I've fixed my issue, I guess this is mostly a FYI for others.
> But this also feels like a bug: say a missing dependency from
> nvidia-drivers-bin or similar package on the kernel headers. If any
> package maintainers, developers, etc. agree and knows on which
> package I should submit a bug, I would be happy to help in
> submitting one.
A dependency would be too much IMHO, because not all users want
the current kernel version, and the Nvidia drivers work fine with
other versions (and possibly kernels not provided by Debian?).
> `dpkg -l` shows that "linux-headers-6.12.48+deb13-{amd64,common}"
> are both installed, and none are installed for 6.12.57 kernel. It
> also shows that "linux-headers-amd64" was removed (status "rc.") I
> don't think I ever manually removed them, so it was likely removed
> by an automated upgrade / autoremove at some point.
It shouldn't have been removed, and I don't see a reason why it could
have been autoremoved.
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