Edit: “Updating to the legacy 580xx drivers doesn’t show me a desktop anymore”, just in case someone else can stumble upon this by searching something similar.

Thanks to @deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de and @Ooops@feddit.org I did try fixing it out of curiosity. I had forgotten to install linux-headers. Hopefully someone who actually has the same problem as me, and needs to fix it, can use the tips given in the comments. On my end, I just had to install linux-headers and one reboot later it worked.

Always check if you have all needed packages and don’t just “remember” that you had them installed.

  • Ooops@feddit.org
    50·
    5 days ago

    “Doesn’t help” is a bit unspecific for an actual answer.

    I simply installed nvidia-580xx-dkms and nvidia-580xx-utils and that was all. If you did not already use the dkms-driver package before you of course also need <your kernel>-headers and dkms (but the latter should be pulled as a dependency for nvidia-580xx-dkms anyway)…

    Which automatically asks for the removal of nvidia-open (the standard package for the base linux kernel) or nvidia-open-dkms and nvidia-open-utils that replaced the earlier nvidia, nvidia-dkms, nvidia-utils packages when 590 hit.

    PS: If you still have stuff using 32bit add (you might have guessed the scheme by now…) lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils to replace lib32-nvidia-open-utils

    • KuzhinierSileon@lemmy.worldOP
      9·
      5 days ago

      This is the way. I will edit the text of the meme to show the solution at the top. As I had said to another commenter, I could’ve sworn I had linux-headers installed. This is why you check even if you are sure you have a package. Hopefully someone having this issue will stumble upon it randomly.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 days ago

    Hey Look, it’s me! I am on nobara against my fucking will. I spent all saturday screaming.

    I’m going to refer the shit out of this thread in my news battle to get my goddamn debian OS back. DNF is scary and I can’t use signal.

    Here’s my notes (WARNING: THESE NOTES LEAD TO FAILURE) :

    
- get verson info for KDE and NVIDIA drivers
https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//non-free-firmware/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-graphics-drivers_550.163.01-2_changelog
https://packages.debian.org/trixie/nvidia-driver
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=nvidia&searchon=names&suite=trixie&section=all
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17999695/debian-package-dependencies-installing-specific-version-not-the-latest


added changes to /etc/apt/sources.list
https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers?action=show&redirect=NVIDIA#Debian-13_notes

2 - 16
5 - 18
8-17


16 deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
17 deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security contrib non-free main non-free-firmware
18 deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie-updates non-free-firmware non-free contrib main

2 deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main (contrib) non-free-firmware
5 deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main non-free-firmware (non-free contrib)
8 deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security (contrib) main non-free-firmware


added git to /etc

ran
  git config --global --add safe.directory /etc
because I was geting thsi eror :
  fatal: detected dubious ownership in repository at '/etc'
  To add an exception for this directory, call:

installing drivers
  https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers?action=show&redirect=NVIDIA#Debian-13_notes
    apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-driver


    WARNING: No kernel headers were found, skipping module build.
             To get the headers for the running kernel (6.12.57+deb13-amd64)
             please install the linux-headers-6.12.57+deb13-amd64 package.
   ran
        apt install linux-headers-generic
   to resolve

   I DID ACTUALL RUN THE FOLLOWING
   _____
   Post-installation steps for Trixie

    Optionally verify the result of the DKMS module compilation:

    # dkms status

    If you plan to use wayland (which is a default for both the Gnome and KDE Plasma desktops since Debian 12 "Bookworm") make sure to follow the Wayland Modesetting notes below.

        If gnome starts with X11, you may enable wayland support by enabling NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1 as mentioned below.

        If you plan to use suspend/hibernate functionality under KDE desktop environment, you may want to add another option to avoid graphics "glitches" after wakeup/restore:
        Warning: skip this step if you have Optimus hybrid graphics

        # echo "options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-options.conf

    In most cases a restart of the system is recommended to fully load the new driver. For wayland, check again if modeset is properly set, as described above.

    _____https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers?action=show&redirect=NVIDIA#Wayland_configuration and this wayland shit too
    _____
  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
    3·
    4 days ago

    I’m safe, my ThinkPad doesn’t have an iGPU, and there’s no instructions on how to solder one onto an L440 motherboard.

    • Ooops@feddit.org
      6·
      5 days ago

      nvidia was automatically replaced with nvidia-open (also nvidia-open-lts, nvidia-open-dkms etc).

      Simply installing nvidia-580xx-dkms, nvidia-580xx-utils (and lib32-nvidia-580xx-utils because Steam still needs all that 32bit stuff), which automatically removes the 590-open stuff because of conflicts, should be all you need to do.

      PS: And of course your kernel’s header package if you did not use dkms before… (dkms should be pulled as a dependency automatically)

  • Lembot_0006@programming.dev
    82·
    5 days ago

    Modern schoolkids don’t read, so Arch should consider making 20-minute videos for every update. And a song like some of the *BSD.

  • silasmariner@programming.dev
    2·
    4 days ago

    Omg I remember running into something like this about 12 years ago. TTY did help but did need a reboot. I had to arch-chroot off the live usb so many times that night, my first ever Linux installation and I fucked up the bootloader and initial packages so hard so many times. I felt so cool when I was able to switch to another tty without needing yet another usb boot. Thanks for that memory.

    • KuzhinierSileon@lemmy.worldOP
      5·
      5 days ago

      I did try that as well. The legacy drivers did install from the tty, still the system doesn’t see them, for lack of a better word. It is not a big issue though. I had already planned on upgrading since my current setup is very old.

      Half of the new components have already arrived. The current PC will become a little home server running either Ubuntu or Debian most likely.

      I just thought the situation was funny.

  • Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world
    23·
    5 days ago

    (shrugs) I haven’t had an issue with my 1050ti or 4070 on Mint MATE. I did have issues with my AMD Phantom 2. YMMV