Package: nvidia-driver Version: 390.59-1 Followup-For: Bug #900248 I confirm this problem. I got it at upgrade from sid to sid, unfortunately, I lost exact version change. Now I can reproduce it with upgrade between testing and sid. 390.48-3 is working 390.59-1 is broken
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 660 Ti] [10de:1183] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) ... Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages nvidia-driver depends on: ii nvidia-alternative 390.59-1 ii nvidia-driver-bin 390.59-1 ii nvidia-driver-libs 390.59-1 ii nvidia-installer-cleanup 20151021+8 ii nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-kernel-390.59] 390.59-1 ii nvidia-legacy-check 390.59-1 ii nvidia-support 20151021+8 ii nvidia-vdpau-driver 390.59-1 ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia 390.59-1 Versions of packages nvidia-driver recommends: ii nvidia-persistenced 390.25-1 ii nvidia-settings 390.48-2 Versions of packages nvidia-driver suggests: ii nvidia-kernel-dkms 390.59-1 Versions of packages nvidia-driver-libs:amd64 depends on: ii libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx 390.59-1 ii nvidia-egl-icd 390.59-1 Versions of packages nvidia-driver-libs:amd64 recommends: ii libgles-nvidia2 390.59-1 ii libglx-nvidia0 390.59-1 ii libnvidia-cfg1 390.59-1 ii libopengl0 1.0.0+git20180308-2 pn nvidia-driver-libs-i386 <none> ii nvidia-egl-wayland-icd 390.59-1 ii nvidia-vulkan-icd 390.59-1 Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-nvidia depends on: ii libc6 2.27-3 ii libnvidia-glcore 390.59-1 ii nvidia-alternative 390.59-1 ii nvidia-installer-cleanup 20151021+8 ii nvidia-legacy-check 390.59-1 ii nvidia-support 20151021+8 ii xserver-xorg-core [xorg-video-abi-24] 2:1.20.0-2 Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-nvidia recommends: ii nvidia-kernel-dkms [nvidia-kernel-390.59] 390.59-1 ii nvidia-settings 390.48-2 ii nvidia-vdpau-driver 390.59-1 Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-nvidia suggests: ii nvidia-kernel-dkms 390.59-1 Versions of packages nvidia-alternative depends on: ii dpkg 1.19.0.5+b1 ii glx-alternative-nvidia 0.8.3 ii nvidia-legacy-check 390.59-1 Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-dkms depends on: ii dkms 2.3-3 ii nvidia-installer-cleanup 20151021+8 ii nvidia-kernel-support [nvidia-kernel-support--v1] 390.59-1 nvidia-kernel-dkms recommends no packages. Versions of packages glx-alternative-nvidia depends on: ii dpkg 1.19.0.5+b1 ii glx-alternative-mesa 0.8.3 ii glx-diversions 0.8.3 ii update-glx 0.8.3 glx-alternative-nvidia suggests no packages. Versions of packages xserver-xorg-video-intel depends on: ii libc6 2.27-3 ii libdrm-intel1 2.4.92-1 ii libdrm2 2.4.92-1 ii libpciaccess0 0.14-1 ii libpixman-1-0 0.34.0-2 ii libudev1 238-5 ii libx11-6 2:1.6.5-1 ii libx11-xcb1 2:1.6.5-1 ii libxcb-dri2-0 1.13-1 ii libxcb-dri3-0 1.13-1 ii libxcb-sync1 1.13-1 ii libxcb-util0 0.3.8-3+b2 ii libxcb1 1.13-1 ii libxcursor1 1:1.1.15-1 ii libxdamage1 1:1.1.4-3 ii libxext6 2:1.3.3-1+b2 ii libxfixes3 1:5.0.3-1 ii libxinerama1 2:1.1.3-1+b3 ii libxrandr2 2:1.5.1-1 ii libxrender1 1:0.9.10-1 ii libxshmfence1 1.3-1 ii libxss1 1:1.2.2-1+b2 ii libxtst6 2:1.2.3-1 ii libxv1 2:1.0.11-1 ii libxvmc1 2:1.0.10-1 ii xserver-xorg-core [xorg-video-abi-24] 2:1.20.0-2 Versions of packages nvidia-driver is related to: pn bumblebee <none> pn bumblebee-nvidia <none> pn ccache <none> pn libcuda1 <none> pn libcuda1-any <none> pn libdrm-nouveau1 <none> pn libdrm-nouveau1a <none> ii libdrm-nouveau2 2.4.92-1 ii libegl1 1.0.0+git20180308-2 ii libgl1 1.0.0+git20180308-2 ii libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx [libgl1-nvidia-glx-any] 390.59-1 pn libgles1 <none> ii libgles2 1.0.0+git20180308-2 ii libglvnd0 1.0.0+git20180308-2 ii libglx0 1.0.0+git20180308-2 pn libopencl0 <none> pn libopencl1 <none> ii libvulkan1 1.1.73+dfsg-1 pn linux-headers <none> ii make 4.2.1-1 ii nvidia-driver [nvidia-glx-any] 390.59-1 pn nvidia-glx <none> ii nvidia-kernel-common 20151021+8 ii nvidia-kernel-dkms 390.59-1 pn nvidia-kernel-source <none> ii nvidia-kernel-support [nvidia-kernel-support-any] 390.59-1 ii nvidia-modprobe 390.25-1 ii nvidia-settings 390.48-2 ii nvidia-support 20151021+8 ii nvidia-vulkan-icd [vulkan-icd] 390.59-1 pn nvidia-xconfig <none> pn opencl-icd <none> ii xserver-xorg 1:7.7+19 ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.0-2 ii xserver-xorg-legacy 2:1.20.0-2 ii xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2+b1 ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia [xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-a 390.59-1 -- debconf-show failed