Synaptic reports version 525.85.05-3~deb12u1 of libxnvctrl0 as being installed, and also as this being the only available version. (Synaptic seems to be more accurate than the mx package installer regarding whether or not something is installed.)dolphin_oracle wrote: Sun Jun 29, 2025 11:27 am I would check to make sure libxnvctrl0 was downgraded properly when the drivers were removed. that can cause some funky stuff. the pinning only defines a preference, but if the current dpkg status is not compatible, ddm-mx won't fix it.
IIRC, when you do a -p operation with ddm-mx, it will remove then replace libxnvctrl0 with whatever version is currently in the enabled repos.
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$ dpkg --status libxnvctrl0
Package: libxnvctrl0
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 52
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers <pkg-nvidia-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Multi-Arch: same
Source: libxnvctrl
Version: 525.85.05-3~deb12u1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6 (>= 2:1.4.99.1), libxext6
Description: NV-CONTROL X extension (runtime library)
The NV-CONTROL X extension provides a mechanism for X clients to
query and set configuration parameters of the NVIDIA X driver.
State set by the NV-CONTROL X extension is assumed to be persistent
only for the current server generation.
.
This package contains the shared library.
Homepage: https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nvidia-settings/
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$ sudo ddm-mx -i nvidia -N
Distribution: MX
INSTALL IS nvidia
Sperrung wird hergestellt.....
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ddm-mx: 25.06.01
kernel release: 6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64
kernel version: #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC liquorix 6.14-13~mx23ahs (2025-06-09)
command parameters: -i nvidia -N
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Installiere Treiber für: nvidia
Start am (m/t/j): 07/01/2025 21:30:21
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Um die Open-Source-Treiber wiederherzustellen, verwenden Sie:
sudo ddm-mx -p nvidia
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Aktualisiere Quellen mit apt-get update
Weiter
1) yes (default)
2) no
Drücke <Enter> für den Vorgabewert Eintrag
Verwende 'q' für Beenden
OK:1 http://mirror.plusserver.com/mxlinux/mxlinux/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
OK:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
OK:3 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
OK:5 https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/12/prod bookworm InRelease
OK:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
OK:7 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
OK:8 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro InRelease
OK:9 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/cdemu/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
OK:4 https://downloads.mariadb.com/Tools/debian bookworm InRelease
OK:13 https://download.zulip.com/desktop/apt stable InRelease
OK:10 https://dlm.mariadb.com/repo/mariadb-server/10.rolling/repo/debian bookworm InRelease
OK:14 https://download.sublimetext.com apt/stable/ InRelease
OK:11 https://dlm.mariadb.com/repo/maxscale/latest/apt bookworm InRelease
OK:12 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
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Possible previous install detected.
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Kandidat ist: nvidia-driver 535.247.01-1~deb12u1
Installiert ist: nvidia-driver 535.247.01-1~deb12u1
In den Nvidia-Entwicklerpaketquellen nach einer neueren Version suchen?
1) yes
2) no (default)
Drücke <Enter> für den Vorgabewert Eintrag
Verwende 'q' für Beenden
1
Ok...
Nvidia-Entwicklerpaketquellen aktivieren
Den Signaturschlüssel der Nvidia-Paketquellen erhalten
https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
--2025-07-01 21:30:27-- https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
Auflösen des Hostnamens developer.download.nvidia.com (developer.download.nvidia.com)… 95.101.79.81, 2.17.22.34
Verbindungsaufbau zu developer.download.nvidia.com (developer.download.nvidia.com)|95.101.79.81|:443 … verbunden.
HTTP-Anforderung gesendet, auf Antwort wird gewartet … 200 OK
Länge: 4148 (4,1K) [application/x-deb]
Wird in »/tmp/nvidia-keyring.deb« gespeichert.
/tmp/nvidia-keyring.deb 100%[===============================================================================================================================>] 4,05K --.-KB/s in 0s
2025-07-01 21:30:27 (178 MB/s) - »/tmp/nvidia-keyring.deb« gespeichert [4148/4148]
(Lese Datenbank ... 431321 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von /tmp/nvidia-keyring.deb ...
Entpacken von cuda-keyring (1.1-1) über (1.1-1) ...
cuda-keyring (1.1-1) wird eingerichtet ...
"apt-get update" läuft..
Aktualisiere Quellen mit apt-get update
Weiter
1) yes (default)
2) no
Drücke <Enter> für den Vorgabewert Eintrag
Verwende 'q' für Beenden
1
OK:1 http://mirror.plusserver.com/mxlinux/mxlinux/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
OK:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
OK:3 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
OK:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
OK:6 https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro InRelease
OK:7 https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/12/prod bookworm InRelease
OK:9 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
OK:11 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/cdemu/ppa/ubuntu jammy InRelease
OK:5 https://downloads.mariadb.com/Tools/debian bookworm InRelease
OK:13 https://download.zulip.com/desktop/apt stable InRelease
OK:8 https://dlm.mariadb.com/repo/mariadb-server/10.rolling/repo/debian bookworm InRelease
OK:14 https://download.sublimetext.com apt/stable/ InRelease
OK:10 https://dlm.mariadb.com/repo/maxscale/latest/apt bookworm InRelease
OK:12 https://mxrepo.com/mx/repo bookworm InRelease
Paketlisten werden gelesen… Fertig
Kandidat ist: nvidia-driver 535.247.01-1~deb12u1
Installiert ist: nvidia-driver 535.247.01-1~deb12u1
Ist dies ein NVIDIA/INTEL Optimus System?
1) yes (default)
2) no
Drücke <Enter> für den Vorgabewert Eintrag
Verwende 'q' für Beenden
12101007
xorg version 12101007
nvidia major version 535
Sie können den neuen PRIMUS-Treiber verwenden, der in den nvidia-Treibern integriert ist.
Verwenden Sie "nvidia-run-mx", gefolgt von Ihrem Anwendungsbefehl, um die nvidia-Grafik zu nutzen
Wenn Sie die älteren bumblebee optimus Treiber erzwingen wollen,
beenden und starten Sie neu mit sudo ddm-mx -i nvidia -f bumblebee-nvidia
Kandidat ist: nvidia-driver 535.247.01-1~deb12u1
Installiert ist: nvidia-driver 535.247.01-1~deb12u1
Kandidat ist: nvidia-driver 535.247.01-1~deb12u1
Installiert ist: nvidia-driver 535.247.01-1~deb12u1
Nvidia-Treiber sind bereits installiert
Erneut installieren oder beenden?
packages to install are nvidia-driver
1: Erneut installieren
2: Beenden
Auswahlnummer eintragen
2
Beende...
Drücke <Enter> zum verlassen
I also notice that in above log after cuda-keyring is installed there's an automatic "apt-get update" without a prompt (or it's a mistranslation). That one finishes instantly! I suspect it shouldn't be like that.
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System: Kernel: 6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 [6.14-13~mx23ahs] x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: audit=0 intel_pstate=disable amd_pstate=disable
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
i915.force_probe=46a6 ibt=off
Desktop: Xfce 4.20.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.38 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.20.0 vt: 7
dm: LightDM 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_x64 Libretto November 22 2021
base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Raider GE76 12UGS v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-17K4 v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: E17K4IMS.201 date: 12/08/2021
Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 71.4 Wh (96.9%) condition: 73.7/95.0 Wh (77.6%) volts: 16.2
min: 15.2 model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Not charging
CPU: Info: 10-Core model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Alder Lake family: 6 model-id: 9A (154) stepping: 3 microcode: 437 cache:
L2: 24 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 107520
Speed: 544 MHz min/max: 400/2701 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 470 2: 553
3: 400 4: 500 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 491 10: 500 11: 400 12: 400 13: 557
14: 400 15: 1954 16: 500 17: 763 18: 400 19: 400 20: 400
Vulnerabilities: Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional; PBRSB-eIBRS:
SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915
v: kernel alternate: xe bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a6 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [Geforce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 535.247.01 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:24a0 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Bison Integrated Camera type: USB driver: N/A bus-ID: 3-7:4
chip-ID: 5986:1160 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0 driver:
loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv display-ID: :0.0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 678x382mm (26.7x15.0")
s-diag: 778mm (30.6")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 2560x1440 hz: 240 dpi: 171 size: 381x214mm (15.0x8.4")
diag: 437mm (17.2")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 24.2.8-1mx23ahs
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel,snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.14.10-2-liquorix-amd64 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi
vendor: Rivet Networks Dual Band Wi-Fi 6E AX1675i 160MHz 2x2 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
port: 6000 bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek Killer E3000 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel
port: 3000 bus-ID: 2f:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:3000 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: lxcbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:7 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block:
hardware: no software: no address: <filter>
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:4 sco-mtu: 96:6 link-policy: rswitch sniff
link-mode: peripheral accept
Drives: Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 800.89 GiB (84.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron model: 3400 MTFDKBA1T0TFH
size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: P7MA000 temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 645.22 GiB size: 634.02 GiB (98.26%) used: 596.97 GiB (94.2%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0 mapped: root.fsm
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 512 MiB size: 487.2 MiB (95.16%) used: 179.6 MiB (36.9%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 128 MiB size: 126 MiB (98.45%) used: 274 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-4: /home raw-size: 199.98 GiB size: 195.79 GiB (97.90%) used: 175.47 GiB (89.6%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 253:1 mapped: 1.home.fsm
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.98 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/dm-2 maj-min: 253:2 mapped: swap
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 72.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos: Packages: note: see --pkg apt: 3138 lib: 1703 flatpak: 0
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
1: deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/cdemu/ppa/ubuntu jammy main
2: deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/cdemu/ppa/ubuntu jammy main
3: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/erlang-solutions.list
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lutris.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mariadb.list
1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64] https://dlm.mariadb.com/repo/mariadb-server/10.rolling/repo/debian bookworm main
2: deb [arch=amd64,arm64] https://dlm.mariadb.com/repo/maxscale/latest/apt bookworm main
3: deb [arch=amd64] http://downloads.mariadb.com/Tools/debian bookworm main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/microsoft-prod.gpg] https://packages.microsoft.com/debian/12/prod bookworm main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirror.plusserver.com/mxlinux/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
2: deb http://mirror.plusserver.com/mxlinux/mxlinux/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/nodesource.gpg] https://deb.nodesource.com/node_20.x nodistro main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
1: deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zulip-desktop.list
1: deb https://download.zulip.com/desktop/apt stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.sources
1: deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
Info: Processes: 458 Uptime: 2d 7h 55m wakeups: 43505 Memory: 31.05 GiB
used: 3.97 GiB (12.8%) Init: SysVinit v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: 5 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 10/12/9 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release
inxi: 3.3.06
Boot Mode: UEFI