Failed To Build Kernel Modules

Graphics / Linux Linux
1

Hello,
I am having troubles installing the nvidia driver,
I downloaded the driver corresponding to my card & I keep on getting this error

ERROR: An error occurred while performing the step: "Building kernel modules".

System Info:
Kernel Version: 6.11.2-amd64
gcc (Debian 14.2.0-6) 14.2.0
Driver Version 470.256.02
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (153.4 KB)

└─$ lspci -s 3:00.0 -v
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK106GL [Quadro K4000] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation Device 097c
        Physical Slot: 2
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11, NUMA node 0, IOMMU group 50
        Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at f0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        I/O ports at 8000 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel modules: nouveau

I also created this file to remove the nouveau kernel, which was not removed somehow

cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf 
blacklist nouveau 
options nouveau modset =0

Then I updated initramfs successfully & rebooted
$ sudo update-initramfs -u

Whenever I run the lspci -s 3:00.0 -v command, I still get the same result with the novoue kernel
maybe that is the conflict ?

2

Could it be because the 470.256.02 driver does not support the 6.11.2 kernel? Last month, after I upgraded the kernel to 6.11.2 in Kali Purple, the graphics card driver 470.256.02 failed to build when it was installed.

3

Without patches the last kernel 470 will build against is the 6.9.x branch, so if not patching your best bet is the long-term-support 6.6.x branch instead (6.9 is EOL, 6.6.x will keep getting releases until December 2026).

Also (as far as I know), NVIDIA’s support for 470 ended in September 2024 so that’s unlikely to get updated again.