I wanted to install the driver because I have an old video card, but I was saddened that this cannot be done on bookworm and I need to update to sid which will break all system stability.
I followed the advice from the Internet and changed the repository to bullseye and run apt install nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver firmware-misc-nonfree
I received an error:
Code:
Unpacking nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-dkms (390.157-1~deb11u1) over (390.154-1~deb10u1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-eglcore:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-glcore:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-ptxjitcompiler1:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-fatbinaryloader:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ...
Processing triggers for nvidia-legacy-390xx-alternative (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/lib/nvidia/legacy-390xx because link group nvidia is
broken
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-support (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-legacy-390xx (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libglx-nvidia-legacy-390xx0:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-ml1:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libgl1-nvidia-legacy-390xx-glvnd-glx:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libegl-nvidia-legacy-390xx0:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libgles-nvidia-legacy-390xx2:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-dkms (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Loading new nvidia-legacy-390xx-390.157 DKMS files...
Building for 6.1.0-16-amd64
Building initial module for 6.1.0-16-amd64
Done.
nvidia-legacy-390xx.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/6.1.0-16-amd64/updates/dkms/
nvidia-legacy-390xx-modeset.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/6.1.0-16-amd64/updates/dkms/
nvidia-legacy-390xx-drm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/6.1.0-16-amd64/updates/dkms/
nvidia-legacy-390xx-uvm.ko:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /lib/modules/6.1.0-16-amd64/updates/dkms/
depmod....
Job for systemd-modules-load.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service" and "journalctl -xeu systemd-modules-load.service" for details.
DKMS: install completed.
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-cfg1:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-cuda1:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-nvcuvid1:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-vdpau-driver:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-egl-icd:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-smi (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-vulkan-icd:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-bin (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver-libs:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-legacy-390xx-encode1:amd64 (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Setting up nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver (390.157-1~deb11u1) ...
Processing triggers for glx-alternative-nvidia (1.0.0) ...
Processing triggers for glx-alternative-mesa (1.0.0) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u3) ...
Processing triggers for update-glx (1.0.0) ...
Processing triggers for glx-alternative-nvidia (1.0.0) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u3) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-16-amd64
user@linux:~$ sudo journalctl -xeu systemd-modules-load.service
Output journalctl -xeu systemd-modules-load.service:
Code:
Dec 26 23:06:47 linux systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Deactivated successfully.
░░ Subject: Unit succeeded
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
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░░ The unit systemd-modules-load.service has successfully entered the 'dead' state.
Dec 26 23:06:47 linux systemd[1]: Stopped systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules.
░░ Subject: A stop job for unit systemd-modules-load.service has finished
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
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░░ A stop job for unit systemd-modules-load.service has finished.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 3634 and the job result is done.
Dec 26 23:06:47 linux systemd[1]: Stopping systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules...
░░ Subject: A stop job for unit systemd-modules-load.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
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░░ A stop job for unit systemd-modules-load.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 3634.
Dec 26 23:06:47 linux systemd[1]: Starting systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules...
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-modules-load.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit systemd-modules-load.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 3634.
Dec 26 23:06:47 linux systemd-modules-load[58809]: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia_legacy_390xx': No such device
Dec 26 23:06:47 linux systemd-modules-load[58807]: modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1047 command_do() Error running install command 'modprobe -i nvidia-legacy-390xx ' for module nvidia: retcode 1
Dec 26 23:06:47 linux systemd-modules-load[58807]: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Invalid argument
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd-modules-load[58811]: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia_legacy_390xx_modeset': No such device
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd-modules-load[58805]: modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1047 command_do() Error running install command 'modprobe nvidia ; modprobe -i nvidia-legacy-390xx-modeset ' for module nvidia_modeset: retcode 1
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd-modules-load[58805]: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia_modeset': Invalid argument
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd-modules-load[58812]: modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia_legacy_390xx_drm': No such device
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd-modules-load[58803]: Error running install command 'modprobe nvidia-modeset ; modprobe -i nvidia-legacy-390xx-drm ' for module nvidia_drm: retcode 1
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd-modules-load[58803]: Failed to insert module 'nvidia_drm': Invalid argument
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
░░ Subject: Unit process exited
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
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░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit systemd-modules-load.service has exited.
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░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 1.
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
░░ Subject: Unit failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
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░░ The unit systemd-modules-load.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 26 23:06:48 linux systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit systemd-modules-load.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://www.debian.org/support
░░
░░ A start job for unit systemd-modules-load.service has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 3634 and the job result is failed.
And what should I do now? Help, otherwise I will again have to switch to another distribution that is more friendly to old hardware. Debian, because of its obsession with security, completely forgot about the freedom of choice of users and removed the package and did not even leave any way to install it, driver nouveau is terrible lags and brakes even on youtube
Installing old nvidia 390 driver on bookworm
