I also have installation problem for nvidia driver 545 recently. I found out it is due to build error of crypto_tfm_ctx_aligned function: Bug #2077236 “nvidia-kernel-source-545-open 545.29.06-0ubuntu0.2...” : Bugs : nvidia-graphics-drivers-545 package : Ubuntu
I am forced to downgrade to 535
this same thing just happened to me today after reboot of Ubuntu 22.04 with driver 545, got the same error from everyone else above. Trying a reboot, but it was my remote server so I’ll have to wait until i am physically by it to login again
Its been almost 2 months and this 545 build problem is still not solved. Seems nvidia is reluctant to address the driver issue
Spent two days breaking different kernel versions with these drivers (ubuntu-drivers install currently gets you 560). Went back all the way to 5.15.0-122-generic. It works there without any problems. Also works with 6.2.0-39-generic.
Does not work with ubuntu’s 22.04 current 6.8.0-47-generic or 6.5.0-41-generic
Very confusing.
Thanks, that worked for me after both installing and removing (with apt purge) the nvidia driver failed. I am not entirely sure, but it seems I also had to switch to the newly installed nvidia driver using “sudo prime-select nvidia”, but I am not quite sure of that. Now I am waiting to see if my system is stable, nouveau made it crash hard - become completely unresponsive and needing a hard reboot.
@Metalbot thanks mate! Super helpful! Worked Perfectly.
Just ran into the problem with the 7/30/2025 Ubuntu update. I followed furkanzdm’s instructions with the exception of using nvidia-driver-575 and they worked to a T. Thanks!
I just recently started using Ubuntu after getting a new ssd for my laptop and having the same issues. I have a NVIDIA geforce rtx 4070 and am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I have tried purge method and that worked great but on trying to reinstall drivers I continued to get the dkms error. I have tried installing both nvidia-drivers-580 and nvidia-drivers-550. Safe boot is turned off because I was tring to get DX11 and dxvk working for steam games. This is the output from running sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-550 :
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The following additional packages will be installed:
libbsd0:i386 libdrm2:i386 libffi8:i386 libnvidia-cfg1-550
libnvidia-common-550 libnvidia-compute-550 libnvidia-compute-550:i386
libnvidia-decode-550 libnvidia-decode-550:i386 libnvidia-egl-wayland1
libnvidia-egl-wayland1:i386 libnvidia-encode-550 libnvidia-encode-550:i386
libnvidia-extra-550 libnvidia-fbc1-550 libnvidia-fbc1-550:i386
libnvidia-gl-550 libnvidia-gl-550:i386 libpkgconf3 libwayland-client0:i386
libwayland-server0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386
libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxnvctrl0 nvidia-compute-utils-550
nvidia-dkms-550 nvidia-firmware-550-550.163.01 nvidia-kernel-common-550
nvidia-kernel-source-550 nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-550
pkg-config pkgconf pkgconf-bin screen-resolution-extra
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-550
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libbsd0:i386 libdrm2:i386 libffi8:i386 libnvidia-cfg1-550
libnvidia-common-550 libnvidia-compute-550 libnvidia-compute-550:i386
libnvidia-decode-550 libnvidia-decode-550:i386 libnvidia-egl-wayland1
libnvidia-egl-wayland1:i386 libnvidia-encode-550 libnvidia-encode-550:i386
libnvidia-extra-550 libnvidia-fbc1-550 libnvidia-fbc1-550:i386
libnvidia-gl-550 libnvidia-gl-550:i386 libpkgconf3 libwayland-client0:i386
libwayland-server0:i386 libx11-6:i386 libxau6:i386 libxcb1:i386
libxdmcp6:i386 libxext6:i386 libxnvctrl0 nvidia-compute-utils-550
nvidia-dkms-550 nvidia-driver-550 nvidia-firmware-550-550.163.01
nvidia-kernel-common-550 nvidia-kernel-source-550 nvidia-prime
nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-550 pkg-config pkgconf pkgconf-bin
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Package nvidia-dkms-550 is not configured yet.
nvidia-driver-550 depends on nvidia-dkms-550 (>= 550.163.01); however:
Package nvidia-dkms-550 is not configured yet.
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E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any help would be much appreciated.
I had this same problem. I followed furkanzdm’s procedure which worked to restore the Nvidia drivers.
I have a System76 Gazelle laptop. I was using its HDMI port to view my activities on a very large curved monitor. This HDMI port is served only by the Nvidia graphics card. It was about 2:00 AM when this monitor went dark while doing my work on it. At the time I had no idea why it went dark. I decided to call it quits for the night, power it down, and go to bed. The next morning when I powered up, the big screen was still dark. Soon I realized that my laptop’s screen was still functional. Using that, I did the “sudo apt update”, and “apt upgrade” command sequence, and saw errors updating the Nvidia drivers. I did a web search, and found this thread.
I had set my computer to do automatic updates at 2:00 AM. The screen had gone dark when the updates happened in the background, and corrupted the Nvidia drivers installation.
I was able to recover from this, but it did cost me a few days I needed to spend working to do so. My OS is Pop!_OS, which is based on Ubuntu, which in turn is based on Debian. The Linux based operating systems have a reputation for being only for geeks. This failure has lived up that reputation. Pop!_OS is better in that regard, but even for Pop!_OS it is still true is only for geeks. Technical skills are required not just to manage the software, but even just to keep it running. It is not as reliable as the other operating systems, as this failure to update Nvidia drivers shows.
I chose Linux based OS for performance, and privacy reasons. But I find it more difficult than other OS.
The update system needs to be improved to the point that if all else fails, furkanzdm’s procedure is automatically done. Users do not want to have to spend time solving problems like this. They need it to quite simply work.
Worked!
Thank you a lot!