Debian 12 doesn't boot after installing driver 560 with kernel 6.10

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Hello,
I have Debian 12 running kernel 6.10.3-1.

I have added the following repo:

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nvidia-drivers.gpg] https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64/ /

And then installed the driver with

sudo apt install nvidia-driver nvidia-smi nvidia-settings

The install went well and the kernel module was built, but after rebooting, the OS doesn’t boot and stays stuck on a black screen with a single underscore in the top left.

If I boot with kernel 6.9.12-1 then it works fine.

Can you help me debug and figure out what is wrong with the kernel 6.10.3-1 ?

Thanks!

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See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1078124

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Hey @kilian and thanks for your answer.
However, this bug report doesn’t match my situation:

Bug report: NVIDIA 535 drivers fail to build with kernel 6.10
My case:

  • Using NVIDIA 560 drivers
  • Modules build successfully
  • Issue: OS doesn’t boot with kernel 6.10.3-1

The problem persists despite successful module building. Any other ideas?

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I just tested with the nomodeset kernel parameter and the system boots…
Any idea why it is necessary and how to configure the drivers properly so that it is not?

[Edit] nomodeset is only required if splash is set.

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Are you using Wayland or Xorg session?

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Hey @bkdwt !
I run Xorg,
I use SDDM as display manager,
I use KDE as desktop environment.

The splash is using plymouth

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Up, I’d like to understand the issue.