Nvidia driver 515 installation issues on custom surface kernel

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Hey everyone,

when trying to install the nvidia-driver-515 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS I get the following error message:

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.18.16-surface
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-dkms-515
nvidia-driver-515
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Secure boot is disabled.

Thanks in advance,

Chris

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The log upload is stuck, please unzip and attach as text file.

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Here’s my report
nvidia-bug-report.log (214.9 KB)

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The kernel headers are not installed.

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Thanks for your instant reply! I just tried to install them, but this is what i got:

chris@chris-Surface-Laptop-Studio:~$ sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
linux-headers-5.18.16-surface is already the newest version (5.18.16-surface-1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

After a reboot, the error still persists
nvidia-bug-report.log (215 KB)

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The kernel you’re running was built for ubuntu 20.04 with gcc 9, so there might be build problems. Please post the output of
dkms status

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chris@chris-Surface-Laptop-Studio:~$ dkms status
acpi-call/1.2.2, 5.15.0-43-generic, x86_64: installed
acpi-call/1.2.2, 5.18.16-surface, x86_64: installed
ithc/0.1, 5.15.0-43-generic, x86_64: installed
ithc/0.1, 5.18.16-surface, x86_64: installed
tp_smapi/0.43, 5.15.0-43-generic, x86_64: installed
tp_smapi/0.43, 5.18.16-surface, x86_64: installed

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Looks like the dkms part didn’t get installed at all, please post the output of
dpkg -l |grep nvidia

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chris@chris-Surface-Laptop-Studio:~$ dpkg -l |grep nvidia
ii libnvidia-cfg1-515:amd64 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii libnvidia-common-515 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 all Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii libnvidia-compute-515:amd64 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-compute-515:i386 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 i386 NVIDIA libcompute package
ii libnvidia-decode-515:amd64 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-decode-515:i386 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 i386 NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries
ii libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64 1:1.1.9-1.1 amd64 Wayland EGL External Platform library – shared library
ii libnvidia-encode-515:amd64 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-encode-515:i386 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 i386 NVENC Video Encoding runtime library
ii libnvidia-extra-515:amd64 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii libnvidia-fbc1-515:amd64 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-fbc1-515:i386 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii libnvidia-gl-515:amd64 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii libnvidia-gl-515:i386 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 i386 NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii linux-modules-nvidia-515-5.15.0-43-generic 5.15.0-43.46+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-43
ii linux-modules-nvidia-515-generic-hwe-22.04 5.15.0-43.46+1 amd64 Extra drivers for nvidia-515 for the generic-hwe-22.04 flavour
ii linux-objects-nvidia-515-5.15.0-43-generic 5.15.0-43.46+1 amd64 Linux kernel nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-43 (objects)
ii linux-signatures-nvidia-5.15.0-43-generic 5.15.0-43.46+1 amd64 Linux kernel signatures for nvidia modules for version 5.15.0-43-generic
ii nvidia-compute-utils-515 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA compute utilities
rc nvidia-dkms-515 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA DKMS package
ii nvidia-driver-515 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver metapackage
ii nvidia-kernel-common-515 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 Shared files used with the kernel module
ii nvidia-kernel-source-515 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA kernel source package
ii nvidia-prime 0.8.17.1 all Tools to enable NVIDIA’s Prime
ii nvidia-settings 510.47.03-0ubuntu1 amd64 Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
ii nvidia-utils-515 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA driver support binaries
ii screen-resolution-extra 0.18.2 all Extension for the nvidia-settings control panel
ii xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-515 515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 amd64 NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

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Please install nvidia-dkms-515 manually and post any errors.

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sudo apt-get install nvidia-dkms-515
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: nvidia-dkms-515 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/30,7 kB of archives. After this operation, 139 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-dkms-515. (Reading database ... 256520 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../nvidia-dkms-515_515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking nvidia-dkms-515 (515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ... Setting up nvidia-dkms-515 (515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) INFO:Enable nvidia DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude Loading new nvidia-515.65.01 DKMS files... Building for 5.18.16-surface Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 5.18.16-surface Secure Boot not enabled on this system. Done.

nvidia.ko:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/5.18.16-surface/updates/dkms/

nvidia-modeset.ko:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/5.18.16-surface/updates/dkms/

nvidia-drm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/5.18.16-surface/updates/dkms/

nvidia-uvm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/5.18.16-surface/updates/dkms/

nvidia-peermem.ko:
Running module version sanity check.

  • Original module
    • No original module exists within this kernel
  • Installation
    • Installing to /lib/modules/5.18.16-surface/updates/dkms/

depmod…
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13) …
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.18.16-surface

The restart took way longer due to a failure and also the bug report only ran in --safe-mode
nvidia-bug-report.log (1.4 MB)

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So I reinstalled

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-5.18.16-surface

and

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-5.18.16-surface

nvidia-bug-report.log (209.8 KB)

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On your first attempt when installing nvidia-dkms-515, the kernel modules were compiled (mostly) fine, all you needed to do was to set kernel parameter
ibt=off
to have it load. After reinstalling image and headers, the modules are gone again. Please set the kernel parameter and post the output of
dkms status

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Thank you very much for your help. This one did the trick =)