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Please don't flag this package out-of-date unless a new version has been released by NVIDIA.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

PACKAGE NEEDS LONG TERM MAINTAINER

I have adopted the 390xx packages to keep them secure. I do not run any 390xx hardware so will not notice any breakages and cannot test any changes.

Until such time as someone else steps up to maintain these packages - ideally someone who actually has 390xx hardware - I have to rely on you to tell me what changes are needed.

Don't expect a response if you post only "this doesn't work", and do not email me to complain about the package not working!

Use this forum thread for discussion: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1946926

A binary package is also available in my kernel-lts unofficial user repository.

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.