Linux Graphics Driver | Pars Enterprise Official

By admin, 29 April, 2025

Debian Unstable "Sid"

Version 535.183.01

For support of GeForce 700 series and newer GPUs (supported devices). For older devices, see Version 390 (legacy GPUs).

Add "contrib", "non-free" and "non-free-firmware" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
```
# Debian Sid
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
```
If you have SecureBoot enabled: you need to enroll your machine owner's key (MOK) to use DKMS modules. Detailed instructions are available here. It's recommended to do this before installing nvidia-driver so that you do not have to rebuild the kernel image.
If your system uses dracut, you must tell dracut to include modprobe configuration files:
- Make a dracut configuration file /etc/dracut.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf (you can actually name it anything you like, as long as it ends in .conf) with the following contents:
```
install_items+=" /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-options.conf "
```
- Note the spaces between quotes and characters.
- The modprobe.d files referenced here will be added by the nvidia-driver package.
Update the list of available packages, then we can install the nvidia-driver package, plus the necessary firmware:
```
# apt update
# apt install nvidia-driver firmware-misc-nonfree
```
DKMS will build the nvidia module for your system, via the nvidia-kernel-dkms package.
Restart your system to load the new driver.

Version 390.144

For support of GeForce 400 series and newer GPUs (supported devices).

Add "contrib", "non-free" and "non-free-firmware" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
```
# Debian Sid
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
```
If you have SecureBoot enabled: you need to enroll your machine owner's key (MOK) to use DKMS modules. Detailed instructions are available here. It's recommended to do this before installing nvidia-driver so that you do not have to rebuild the kernel image.
If your system uses dracut, you must tell dracut to include modprobe configuration files:
- Make a dracut configuration file /etc/dracut.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf (you can actually name it anything you like, as long as it ends in .conf) with the following contents:
```
install_items+=" /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-options.conf "
```
- Note the spaces between quotes and characters.
- The modprobe.d files referenced here will be added by the nvidia-driver package.
Update the list of available packages, then we can install the nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver package, plus the necessary firmware:
```
# apt update
# apt install nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver firmware-misc-nonfree
```
DKMS will build the nvidia module for your system, via the nvidia-legacy-390xx-kernel-dkms package.
Restart your system to load the new driver.

Version 340.108

For support of GeForce 8 series through GeForce 300 series GPUs(supported devices).

Use of the 340-series driver is strongly discouraged. It is not included in stable releases of Debian anymore, has serious unfixable security vulnerabilities, and may not be updated for new kernels in a timely manner. You are highly recommended to use the built-in Nouveau driver if security is a priority.

Add "contrib", "non-free" and "non-free-firmware" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
```
# Debian Sid
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
```
If you have SecureBoot enabled: you need to enroll your machine owner's key (MOK) to use DKMS modules. Detailed instructions are available here. It's recommended to do this before installing nvidia-driver so that you do not have to rebuild the kernel image.
If your system uses dracut, you must tell dracut to include modprobe configuration files:
- Make a dracut configuration file /etc/dracut.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf (you can actually name it anything you like, as long as it ends in .conf) with the following contents:
```
install_items+=" /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-options.conf "
```
- Note the spaces between quotes and characters.
- The modprobe.d files referenced here will be added by the nvidia-driver package.
Update the list of available packages, then we can install the nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver package, plus the necessary firmware:
```
# apt update
# apt install nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver firmware-misc-nonfree
```
DKMS will build the nvidia module for your system, via the nvidia-legacy-340xx-kernel-dkms package.
Restart your system to load the new driver.

Debian Testing "Trixie"

Version 535.216.03

For support of GeForce 700 series and newer GPUs. For older devices, you must use nouveau, which should be already installed and in use.

Add "contrib", "non-free" and "non-free-firmware" components to /etc/apt/sources.list, for example:
```
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
```
If you have SecureBoot enabled: you need to enroll your machine owner's key (MOK) to use DKMS modules. Detailed instructions are available here. It's recommended to do this before installing nvidia-driver so that you do not have to rebuild the kernel image.
If your system uses dracut, you must tell dracut to include modprobe configuration files:
- Make a dracut configuration file /etc/dracut.conf.d/10-nvidia.conf (you can actually name it anything you like, as long as it ends in .conf) with the following contents:
```
install_items+=" /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-blacklists-nouveau.conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-options.conf "
```
- Note the spaces between quotes and characters.
- The modprobe.d files referenced here will be added by the nvidia-driver package.
Update the list of available packages:
```
# apt update
```
To install "proprietary" flavor, packages nvidia-kernel-dkms, nvidia-driver and firmware-misc-nonfree should be installed:
```
# apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-driver firmware-misc-nonfree
```
To install "open" flavor, replace nvidia-kernel-dkms with nvidia-open-kernel-dkms:
```
# apt install nvidia-open-kernel-dkms nvidia-driver firmware-misc-nonfree
```
DKMS will build the nvidia module for your system, via the nvidia-kernel-dkms or nvidia-open-kernel-dkms package.
Restart your system to load the new driver.
If you plan to use wayland desktop (which is a default since Debian 12 "Bookworm") you may need to check and correct the following:
- Check if the following command returns Y:
```
# cat /sys/module/nvidia_drm/parameters/modeset
```
- If this command returns N you need to set nvidia-drm modeset by adding options nvidia-drm modeset=1 to /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-options.conf. For example:
```
# echo "options nvidia-drm modeset=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-options.conf
```
- If you plan to use suspend/hibernate functionality under KDE desktop environment, you may want to add another option to avoid graphics "glitches" after wakeup/restore:
  
  Warning: skip this step if you have Optimus hybrid graphics
```
# echo "options nvidia NVreg_PreserveVideoMemoryAllocations=1" >> /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-options.conf
```
- Then reboot your system (check again if modeset is properly set, as described above) and Nvidia card should be properly recognized and used under wayland desktop.