Blackscreen in NVIDIA installer

Graphics / Linux Linux
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I was just installing NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-575.57.08.run on a Debian Trixie machine and ran into an issue where the installer would go black after choosing the proprietary or open source kernel module.

In order to get HDR working, I had /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf set this:
options nvidia-drm modeset=1 which caused debian’s recovery mode(which I use when installing the nvidia drivers) to disable vga mode. Setting it back to =0 made it so I could install like normal.

although it would be great to have this setting not make a difference when running the installer, having an error message and the installer exititing would have saved me a few hours of digging.

Either way, I hope this can get addressed or at the very least have it help someone who runs into the same problem.

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Hi @RetroZelda ,

Could you try installing the .run with the --skip-module-load option, and reboot the system after the installation? I will update here once I have more information, thanks.

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Hello @vanditd, I just tried this when upgrading to 580.95.05 With --skip-module-load and the same result occurs.

I just migrated to debian forky and I had dkms issues with the current drivers I have installed(575.57.08) when attempting configure kernel 6.16.9. So this install attempt is on kernel 6.12.41

This is on a GeForce RTX 3080 TI with 2 displays connected via display port

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Hi,
i am on fedora 42 and i had this error in the past:
For installation i use the exact method as the Topic owner uses, i switch from graphical to multiuser to have only a console. When i log in and start the mvidia installer script, after pressing proprietary, screen wents black, and i have to hard reboot.
the installer wants to remove the nvidia_drm module, which is loaded, even if i am in multiusermode.
I can see, that the resolution of my screen is high, when i manually delete the drm module, screen wents black. How can i prevent this? Or better, how i can prevent the nvidia_drm module from being loaded or, the systems falls back to a different fb whichworks on the nvidia (i have a 4080) and not going black.
Thx and greetings