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Please don't flag this package out-of-date unless a new version has been released by NVIDIA.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

The changes for 6.13 simply effect the nvidia.Kbuild and nvidia-modesetting.Kbuild make files. It's just a change between using relative symlinks and absolute paths for them. (don't know why). The nvidia-470xx-fix-linux-6.13.patch patch from the 470 driver can be used directly. There is a max of a 2-line offset between the lines in the Kbuild files.

I did go ahead and create a Nvidia 390xx Linux 6.13 patch that corrects the 2-line offset and I've built with it under 6.12.9 which builds fine, but haven't testes on 6.13 yet. We will just have to wait for it to appear.

@drankinatty - thanks for the 6.13 heads up. Please let us know when you think the patch is ready - and I will help test it. Cheers

Linux 6.13 should be released next week and it does appear a patch will be required. The nvidia-470xx-fix-linux-6.13.patch (Joan Bruguera) can likely be adapted and I'll work through it this weekend.

After the latest kernel update and after a successful build of the latest version 390xx-dkms package, my external monitor is no longer properly recognized. It does show up, but only as a basic CGA in a 640-400 resolution, instead of being seen as the Dell 1900x1280 that it is. This had never happened to me before. Anyone has any insights?

@Foxos thank you so much. Your method worked for me too. A strange thing: when I deleted /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf now, everything still works as it should. I don't know if its due to latest minor kernel update, but it seems this solution is no longer needed.

@Foxos After configuring according to your method, when using the nvidia-drm.modeset=1 parameter, the xorg starts normally. Thank you very much.

@duht I faced same problem and fixed it by following steps at NVIDIA/Troubleshooting:

copy /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf, and then edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-nvidia-drm-outputclass.conf and add the line Option "PrimaryGPU" "yes"

After upgrade startx fails with

(EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to acquire modesetting permission.
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen 0
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
(EE) 
(EE) no screens found(EE)

I use nvidia-drm.modeset=1 parameter, deleting or regenerating via nvidia-xconfig xorg configuration file doesn't help. Downgrading to 6.11 solves problem.

Any ideas??

@yayowd, I'm glad you got it working. Removal of the Nvidia drm output polling ability and having to rely on the kernel kms drm will cause issues in some cases. I'm still reading on this. The wiki has basic information, and information on Forcing modes and EDID. The 390, 470, 535 and 560 drivers are have differing support for kms and the change in drm will affect each in slightly different ways. What that means is it may take a driver by driver implementation of kernel drm to replace (if possible) what was lost with the latest kernel changes.

After I updated the system and upgraded the kernel to 6.12, the xface desktop failed to start. I have not used the "nvidia-drm.modeset=1" parameter and the xserver configuration file.

First I noticed the error message in "dmesg | grep -i nvidia": nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel. I searched and found that it should not affect the use.

I added "nvidia-drm.modeset=1" to the kernel command line parameters, but it still failed to start. I checked the error "NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to acquire modesetting permission" in "cat .local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | grep -i nvidia". I searched and added in /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Option "UseDisplayDevice" "none" The error is gone, but the screen resolution is only 800x600.

I removed "nvidia-drm.modeset=1", deleted the xserver configuration file and reinstalled the nvidia driver, but the desktop still could not start. I used "nvidia-xcofig" to regenerate the xserver configuration file. The desktop could start, but there was no mouse pointer, the window could not be resized or dragged, the alacritty terminal could not be started, and the system shortcut keys could not be used. In Xorg.0.log, I saw the error "NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module". So, I added the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection After that, it resumed normal use.