I found something: Apparently I have to install the *nvidia-driver-full* package to avoid the crash at start time. I would guess there is a missing dependency in the nvidia-driver package.
These packages were added by nvidia-driver-full: ``` Aptitude 0.8.13: log report Sat, Feb 24 2024 08:57:19 +0000 IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail due to dpkg problems may not be completed. Will install 25 packages, and remove 0 packages. 497 MB of disk space will be used ======================================== [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libcudadebugger1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libgles-nvidia1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libgles-nvidia2:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libgles1:amd64 1.7.0-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvcuvid1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-allocator1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-api1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-egl-gbm1:amd64 1.1.1-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-encode1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-fbc1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-glvkspirv:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-ngx1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-nvvm4:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-opticalflow1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvidia-rtcore:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] libnvoptix1:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-cuda-mps:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-opencl-common:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-opencl-icd:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-powerd:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-settings:amd64 525.147.05-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-suspend-common:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-vulkan-common:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL, DEPENDENCIES] nvidia-vulkan-icd:amd64 535.86.10-1 [INSTALL] nvidia-driver-full:amd64 535.86.10-1 ======================================== Log complete. =============================================================================== ``` On the first, broken upgrade from 525 to 535 (using the "nvidia-driver") the libnvidia-egl-wayland1 package was removed. Maybe this is a hint. Regards Harri