Issues installing 550 drivers under Ubuntu 23.10 mantic

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I’m trying to install the apt reinstall nvidia-driver-550 (550.40.07-0ubuntu0~gpu23.10.1) on a relatively unremarkable Ubuntu 23.10 box via the graphics-drivers PPA (the current installed version is 535 from the same repo)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550

I’m using the standard Ubuntu-packaged kernel, 6.5.0-15-generic:

# uname -a
Linux gaia 6.5.0-15-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Jan  9 17:03:36 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The install results in a DKMS build error:

...
Loading new nvidia-550.40.07 DKMS files...
Building for 6.5.0-15-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 6.5.0-15-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-dkms-550.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.5.0-15-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-dkms-550 (--configure):
 installed nvidia-dkms-550 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Setting up libnvidia-encode-550:amd64 (550.40.07-0ubuntu0~gpu23.10.1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-encode-550:i386 (550.40.07-0ubuntu0~gpu23.10.1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver-550:
 nvidia-driver-550 depends on nvidia-dkms-550 (<= 550.40.07-1); however:
  Package nvidia-dkms-550 is not configured yet.
 nvidia-driver-550 depends on nvidia-dkms-550 (>= 550.40.07); however:
  Package nvidia-dkms-550 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-driver-550 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.

The make.log’s contents are:

# cat /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/make.log
DKMS make.log for nvidia-550.40.07 for kernel 6.5.0-15-generic (x86_64)
Tue Jan 30 01:28:47 PM MST 2024
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic'
make --no-print-directory -C /usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic \
-f /usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic/Makefile modules
warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
  The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-4ubuntu3) 13.2.0
  You are using:           cc (Ubuntu 13.2.0-4ubuntu3) 13.2.0
make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build need-builtin=1 need-modorder=1
/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/Kbuild:233: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/header-presence-tests.mk: No such file or directory
make[3]: *** No rule to make target '/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/header-presence-tests.mk'.  Stop.
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic/Makefile:2037: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build] Error 2
make[1]: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic'
make: *** [Makefile:85: modules] Error 2

The crash log is similar:

root@gaia:~# cat /var/crash/nvidia-dkms-550.0.crash
ProblemType: Package
DKMSBuildLog:
 DKMS make.log for nvidia-550.40.07 for kernel 6.5.0-15-generic (x86_64)
 Tue Jan 30 01:10:46 PM MST 2024
 make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic'
 make --no-print-directory -C /usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic \
 -f /usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic/Makefile modules
 warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel
   The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.2.0-4ubuntu3) 13.2.0
   You are using:           cc (Ubuntu 13.2.0-4ubuntu3) 13.2.0
 make -f ./scripts/Makefile.build obj=/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build need-builtin=1 need-modorder=1
 /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/Kbuild:233: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/header-presence-tests.mk: No such file or directory
 make[3]: *** No rule to make target '/var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/header-presence-tests.mk'.  Stop.
 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic/Makefile:2037: /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build] Error 2
 make[1]: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.5.0-15-generic'
 make: *** [Makefile:85: modules] Error 2
DKMSKernelVersion: 6.5.0-15-generic
Date: Tue Jan 30 13:10:47 2024
Package: nvidia-dkms-550 550.40.07-0ubuntu0~gpu23.10.1
PackageVersion: 550.40.07-0ubuntu0~gpu23.10.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-550
Title: nvidia-dkms-550 550.40.07-0ubuntu0~gpu23.10.1: nvidia kernel module failed to build

The only reference to header-presence-tests.mk is the include, so I don’t think it’s supposed to be generated:

root@gaia:~# rg "header-presence-tests.mk" /usr/src/nvidia-550.40.07
/usr/src/nvidia-550.40.07/Kbuild
233:include $(src)/header-presence-tests.mk

I did find this link which suggests that the missing header-presence-tests.mk is present in the open package, but that’s different from the proprietary package.

Checking that directory confirms that the file is indeed missing:

root@gaia:/var/lib/dkms# ls -l /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/build/
total 328
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 common
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 265207 Jan 17 11:34 conftest.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    922 Jan 17 11:34 count-lines.mk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1195 Jan 29 00:07 dkms.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9359 Jan 18 01:06 Kbuild
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4874 Jan 18 01:06 Makefile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1143 Jan 30 13:28 make.log
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia-drm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia-modeset
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia-peermem
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  12288 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia-uvm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 patches
root@gaia:/var/lib/dkms# ls -l /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/550.40.07/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jan 30 13:28 build
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25 Jan 30 13:28 source -> /usr/src/nvidia-550.40.07
root@gaia:/var/lib/dkms# ls -l /usr/src/nvidia-550.40.07
total 324
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 common
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 265207 Jan 17 11:34 conftest.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    922 Jan 17 11:34 count-lines.mk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1195 Jan 29 00:07 dkms.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9359 Jan 18 01:06 Kbuild
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4874 Jan 18 01:06 Makefile
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia-drm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia-modeset
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia-peermem
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root  12288 Jan 30 13:28 nvidia-uvm
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Jan 30 13:28 patches
root@gaia:/var/lib/dkms# find /usr/src/nvidia-550.40.07 -name "header-presence-tests.mk"
(no result found)

Running an RTX 3060, FWIW.

❯ nvidia-smi
Tue Jan 30 13:38:37 2024
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 535.154.05             Driver Version: 535.154.05   CUDA Version: 12.2     |
|-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                      |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060        Off | 00000000:0A:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| 46%   50C    P3              43W / 170W |   2035MiB / 12288MiB |     20%      Default |
|                                         |                      |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

Any suggestions on how to proceed? I haven’t found much reference to this issue elsewhere.

2

FWIW, just manually downloading that file into the src directory and then reconfiguring seems to complete the build. Maybe it just got missed during packaging?

# wget https://fossies.org/linux/misc/NVIDIA-open-gpu-kernel-modules-550.40.07.tar.gz/open-gpu-kernel-modules-550.40.07/kernel-open/header-presence-tests.mk?m=t -O /usr/src/nvidia-550.40.07/header-presence-tests.mk
root@gaia:~# dpkg --configure -a
Setting up nvidia-dkms-550 (550.40.07-0ubuntu0~gpu23.10.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
Removing old nvidia-550.40.07 DKMS files...
Deleting module nvidia-550.40.07 completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new nvidia-550.40.07 DKMS files...
Building for 6.5.0-15-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 6.5.0-15-generic
Done.

nvidia.ko.zst:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/6.5.0-15-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia-modeset.ko.zst:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/6.5.0-15-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia-drm.ko.zst:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/6.5.0-15-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia-uvm.ko.zst:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/6.5.0-15-generic/updates/dkms/

nvidia-peermem.ko.zst:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/6.5.0-15-generic/updates/dkms/
depmod...
Setting up nvidia-driver-550 (550.40.07-0ubuntu0~gpu23.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142ubuntu15.1) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.5.0-15-generic

After a reboot, 550 is loaded and running just fine:

❯ nvidia-smi
Tue Jan 30 13:48:43 2024
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.40.07              Driver Version: 550.40.07      CUDA Version: 12.4     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060        Off |   00000000:0A:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| 51%   52C    P0             48W /  170W |     599MiB /  12288MiB |      8%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
3

Looks like the maintainer of the graphics driver ppa noticed as well and updated the packages to include the file now.

4

I’ve also installed the same driver on the same system ver. and some of my windows are looking like this now:

Zrzut ekranu z 2024-02-01 09-12-25
Zrzut ekranu z 2024-02-01 09-12-25944×530 379 KB

I tried the driver downloaded from the NVIDIA page but it gives me the same result.

Here is my nvidia-smi output:

Thu Feb  1 09:18:22 2024       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 550.40.07              Driver Version: 550.40.07      CUDA Version: 12.4     |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 ...    Off |   00000000:01:00.0  On |                  N/A |
|  0%   45C    P0             43W /  285W |     876MiB /  16376MiB |      1%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
                                                                                         
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                              |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                              GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                               Usage      |
|=========================================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A     14263      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                            256MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A     14448      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell                          161MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A     16469      G   /usr/lib/firefox-esr/firefox-esr              212MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A     17533      G   /usr/bin/kgx                                  232MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

And my nvidia bug report
nvidia-bug-report.log.gz (763.2 KB)

5

Known bug in 550 beta, has already been reported.

6

For your information, I have managed to install nvidia-driver-550 (550.40.07) on a desktop computer containing a RTX 4070 SUPER. Configuration: Ubuntu 22.04, kernel 6.5.0-18-generic #18~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC.

7

Could you please elaborate on this? Did you install the drivers downloding them from Nvidia site or by

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-550

Thanks