On 05.05.2020 20:29, Alberto Sentieri wrote: > Last time I installed it I downloaded the driver from NVIDIA web site. > I was able to install it and it worked well, but updates started > bothering me. Maybe I should have tried a Debian repo, but I did not > and I have no recollection of the reason. > > Anyway, I was trying to install it now using debian repos (deb > http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main non-free), as you suggested, > and I got this. Any suggestion? > > # nvidia-detect > Detected NVIDIA GPUs: > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 > [NVS 310] [10de:107d] (rev a1) > > Checking card: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [NVS 310] (rev a1) > Your card is only supported up to the 390 legacy drivers series. > It is recommended to install the > nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver > package. > # apt-get install nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have > requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable > distribution that some required packages have not yet been created > or been moved out of Incoming. > The following information may help to resolve the situation: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver : PreDepends: nvidia-installer-cleanup but > it is not installable > Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs > (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed or > nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs-nonglvnd (= 390.116-1) but it is not > going to be installed > Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-bin > (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed > Depends: > xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-390xx (= 390.116-1) but it is not > going to be installed > Depends: > nvidia-legacy-390xx-vdpau-driver (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to > be installed > Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative > (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed > Depends: nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-dkms > (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed or > nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-390.116 > Depends: nvidia-support but it is not > installable > Recommends: nvidia-settings-legacy-390xx > but it is not installable > Recommends: libnvidia-legacy-390xx-cfg1 > (= 390.116-1) but it is not going to be installed > Recommends: nvidia-persistenced but it > is not installable > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. >
Package "nvidia-installer-cleanup" is in "contrib" section, so you have to add it too. Don't forget to invoke "apt update" after that. -- With kindest regards, Alexander. ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀
