[Software] Nvidia Driver Issue on Bookworm 12.5

[TaylorProduct]

Hi all,

I recently have been doing a fresh install of Debian 12.5. I have used Linux for a couple years in the past but I have never installed it myself, so my experience with setup is limited. Since I have an Nvidia 970 in my desktop I attempted to download Nvidia drivers following the official Debian page (https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers). However, after doing so I received this message at the end of the installation:

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Building initial module for 6.1.0-18-amd64
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/525.147.05/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-kernel-dkms (--configure):
 installed nvidia-kernel-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver:
 nvidia-driver depends on nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 525.147.05-4~deb12u1) | nvidia-kernel-525.147.05 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05; however:
  Package nvidia-kernel-dkms is not configured yet.
  Package nvidia-kernel-525.147.05 is not installed.
  Package nvidia-kernel-dkms which provides nvidia-kernel-525.147.05 is not configured yet.
  Package nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05 is not installed.
  Package nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-driver (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u4) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-18-amd64
Processing triggers for update-glx (1.2.2) ...
Processing triggers for glx-alternative-nvidia (1.2.2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia to provide /usr/lib/glx (glx) in auto mode
Processing triggers for glx-alternative-mesa (1.2.2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u4) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-18-amd64
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-kernel-dkms
 nvidia-driver
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
W: Operation was interrupted before it could finish

A version of this appears now after every installation I try to make, almost as if either the shell or the kernel cannot communicate properly with the hardware now. After looking into this, I have seen some community posts in the last months concerning this issue (viewtopic.php?t=158293 and viewtopic.php?t=158264). Their suggestions are to revert to a previous kernel where this bug does not exist and wait for the current kernel to be updated. I'm wondering if this is still the consensus and what I can do now to remediate this problem. I have tried to remove the Nvidia drivers that were installed using the following:

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sudo apt remove --purge nvidia-driver firmware-misc-nonfree

but I still am confronted with the following errors:

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Building initial module for 6.1.0-18-amd64
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/525.147.05/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-kernel-dkms (--configure):
 installed nvidia-kernel-dkms package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-kernel-dkms
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So it seems as though I now cannot remove the drivers that are causing the problem. Any help with elucidating what is going on and how I can fix it would be great.

[sunrat]

You need to add bookworm-updates to your sources and install the nvidia-driver from there, currently v.525.147.05-7~deb12u1

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deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware