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Please don't flag this package out-of-date unless a new version has been released by NVIDIA.

The DKMS package guidelines are explicit that linux-headers should not be a dependency of any DKMS package.

As a concrete example of why including that as a hard dependency is a bad idea, what happens when linux is not an installed kernel?

Just uploaded a tentative fix for linux 6.6, however I couldn't test it yet. Please let us know if anyone has the time to test it, otherwise I'll try to test it during the weekend. https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/d0b21ec8d3d4

It's that time again... The King Penguin has just release the 6.6 kernel. Time to start keeping eyes open for patches. (we could always hope it will just work as is -- but experience has shown we will need to scramble to patch when Arch provides the 6.6 update...) Any favorite places to watch?

(update: linux-6.6 just hit the Arch core-testing repo)

Edit: I figured out that I actually didn't have linux-headers installed, this resolved the build problem. My offer to help maintain the package remains.

Greetings, I have a Dell laptop with a Quadro 4000 / NVC0 which requires the 390xx driver that I'll be servicing for some time going forward for a friend's recording studio.

I am a package maintainer for other various things on the AUR however I haven't dealt specifically with GPU drivers before. Regardless, my skill set should serve suitably for testing and troubleshooting and I can help maintain this package.

I can see that there is presently an issue with the DKMS module which produces the following error and I'm happy to help work out the issue:

(1/2) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/2) Install DKMS modules
==> ERROR: Missing lost+found kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing swapfile kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing bin kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing lib64 kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing mnt kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing run kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing dev kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing home kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing tmp kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing opt kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing root kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing lib kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing storage kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing etc kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing boot kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing sys kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing proc kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing EDITOR=nano kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing var kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing usr kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing srv kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.
==> ERROR: Missing sbin kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157.

Please remove replaces directive. Thank you. (No need to reply via comment; AUR now sends commit notifications.)

@vnctdj - thanks for your effort - and I was able to test it!

The updated PKGBUILD builds, installs and operates correctly.

==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.4.16-hardened1-1-hardened
==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.5.3-arch1-1
==> dkms install --no-depmod nvidia/390.157 -k 6.5.3-1-ck
==> depmod 6.5.3-arch1-1
==> depmod 6.5.3-1-ck
==> depmod 6.4.16-hardened1-1-hardened

Also, thanks to all those in this community who contributed to the 6.5.x patching efforts!!

Cheers

Just updated and rebooted to test the shorter patch from joanbrugueram, it works fine with the latest kernel. Thanks guys !

Thanks to all for your help.

I ended up adding the following patch which is indeed shorter: https://gist.github.com/joanbm/dfe8dc59af1c83e2530a1376b77be8ba

Once again I wasn't able to test it, real life is definitely too busy!

This package from maintainer "herecura" with 6.5 patch worked, https://gitlab.com/herecura/packages/nvidia-390xx-dkms

But anytime I install nvidia-390xx-dkms its saying "ERROR: Missing 6.1.8-arch1-1 kernel headers for module nvidia/390.157"

After I install it with "sudo pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/linux-headers/linux-headers-6.1.8.arch1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst"

and then re-install newest linux-headers it works. But why this old kernel headers requirement? Thanks.

Thank you to "canolucas" in official forum post at https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=262224&p=6 for this pkg link.

This patch is much shorter than ubuntu's. Does it work ? If it works, lets use this one as it changes less lines of the original source.