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Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:41 am
by nraygun
I have version 535 of the Nvidia driver loaded and it seems to be working OK.
Today's update is asking to install version 470 as follows:
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The following packages will be upgraded:
libegl-nvidia-tesla-470-0 (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libgl1-nvidia-tesla-470-glvnd-glx (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libglx-nvidia-tesla-470-0 (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-eglcore (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-glcore (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-glvkspirv (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-ml1 (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-rtcore (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-alternative (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-driver (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-egl-icd (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-kernel-dkms (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-kernel-support (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-vdpau-driver (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-vulkan-icd (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla-470 (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
18 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 82.6 MB of archives.
How can I stay on 535 and not get these update notices? I already got burned last week by blindly upgrading based on what updater found.
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:43 am
by Eadwine Rose
According to the forum rules (please read): Please provide full Quick System Info from the menu, use copy for forum button, no edits.
LiveUSB version is OK if needed.
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 10:07 am
by MikeR
Try googling
"Linux how to prevent update of a specific package" (Lose the quote marks)
Or click here
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 10:10 am
by Eadwine Rose
Wrote that down
To hold a package, as root:
Result will say:
packagename set on hold.
Show all held packages, as root
Result will say:
packagename1
packagename 2
To remove the hold on a package, as root:
Not the solution here though.. I think.
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 10:19 am
by oops
... Maybe you have to remove the MX ahs-staging repo. by default (I guess)... but need the Quick System Info from the menu to know.
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 11:08 am
by Stevo
Why does your own output say nothing about 535, then, but just updating the installed 470? The update is to support 6.15 kernels for that specific driver; it's not in ahs-staging.
Again, and again, and again: QSI
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 11:54 am
by dolphin_oracle
nraygun wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 9:41 am
I have version 535 of the Nvidia driver loaded and it seems to be working OK.
Today's update is asking to install version 470 as follows:
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The following packages will be upgraded:
libegl-nvidia-tesla-470-0 (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libgl1-nvidia-tesla-470-glvnd-glx (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libglx-nvidia-tesla-470-0 (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-eglcore (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-glcore (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-glvkspirv (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-ml1 (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
libnvidia-tesla-470-rtcore (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-alternative (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-driver (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-driver-bin (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-driver-libs (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-egl-icd (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-kernel-dkms (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-kernel-support (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-vdpau-driver (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
nvidia-tesla-470-vulkan-icd (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-tesla-470 (470.256.02-6~mx23ahs => 470.256.02-7~mx23ahs)
18 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 82.6 MB of archives.
How can I stay on 535 and not get these update notices? I already got burned last week by blindly upgrading based on what updater found.
these packages are clearly installed already. I don't think you have installed what you think you have installed.
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:53 pm
by nraygun
QSI info below.
I got the version from the Nvidia Settings app. It also shows this version in nvidia-smi(see below).
For the "apt-mark hold packagename" would I have to do this one at a time for all 18 packages?
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System:
Kernel: 6.6.11-amd64 [6.6.11-1~mx23ahs] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.6.11-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash iommu=pt
amd_iommu=on vfio-pci.ids= 1022:149c ipv6.disable=1 init=/lib/systemd/systemd
Desktop: N/A wm: xfwm v: 4.20.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: MX-23.6_ahs_x64 Libretto
October 15 2023 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4802 date: 06/15/2023
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 3 level: v3 note: check
built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0
microcode: 0x8701030
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB
desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2200 min/max: 2200/4409 boost: enabled scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200
9: 2200 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2200 bogomips: 91190
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling 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: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP protection
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling,
PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nvidia v: 535.247.01
non-free: 530.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-03) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c81
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Logi Webcam C920e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-2:3
chip-ID: 046d:08b6 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 compositor: xfwm v: 4.20.0 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: nv gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 530x301mm (20.87x11.85") s-diag: 610mm (24")
Monitor-1: DVI-D-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77")
diag: 609mm (23.99") modes: N/A
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 3-2:3 pcie: chip-ID: 046d:08b6 class-ID: 0102 gen: 3 serial: <filter> speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Logi Webcam C920e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
API: ALSA v: k6.6.11-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111/8168/8411 driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-4:2
chip-ID: 0a5c:21e8 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 2.1 lmp-v: 4.1
sub-v: 220e hci-v: 4.1 rev: 16e4
Info: acl-mtu: 1021:8 sco-mtu: 64:1 link-policy: rswitch sniff link-mode: peripheral accept
service-classes: rendering, capturing, object transfer, audio, telephony
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 450.16 GiB (24.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Sabrent model: Rocket 4.0 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: RKT401.1 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown smartctl error. Unable to generate data.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 931.26 GiB size: 915.57 GiB (98.31%) used: 450.16 GiB (49.2%) fs: ext4
block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 256 MiB size: 252 MiB (98.46%) used: 275 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 1 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 4 GiB used: 768 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swap/swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: 35.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 33 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): fan-1: 917 fan-2: 846 fan-3: 918 fan-4: 0 fan-5: 2641 fan-6: 0 fan-7: 0
gpu: nvidia fan: 30%
Repos:
Packages: 3209 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3192 libs: 1768 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala,synaptic pm: rpm
pkgs: 0 pm: flatpak pkgs: 17
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
1: deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
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 non-free-firmware
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
3: deb [arch=amd64] https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/stable/bookworm bookworm main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/google.asc] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
1: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
2: deb http://mirrors.rit.edu/mxlinux/mx-packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onlyoffice.list
1: deb https://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/debian squeeze main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list
1: deb https://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-beta.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steam-stable.list
1: deb [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
2: deb-src [arch=amd64,i386 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/steam.gpg] https://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ stable steam
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list
1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/debian bookworm main
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extrepo_librewolf.sources
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: 357 Uptime: 2d 19h 49m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 2.7 GiB (17.4%)
Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
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Mon Jul 21 16:04:10 2025
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 535.247.01 Driver Version: 535.247.01 CUDA Version: 12.2 |
|-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU Name Persistence-M | Bus-Id Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan Temp Perf Pwr:Usage/Cap | Memory-Usage | GPU-Util Compute M. |
| | | MIG M. |
|=========================================+======================+======================|
| 0 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Off | 00000000:08:00.0 On | N/A |
| 30% 32C P0 N/A / 75W | 279MiB / 2048MiB | 1% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=======================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 2105 G /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg 177MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3006 G xfwm4 2MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 3035 G .../.mount_nextclrqEoke/AppRun.wrapped 13MiB |
| 0 N/A N/A 758328 G ...d3d277d579b022fec268db522254da37c7d 80MiB |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:57 pm
by nraygun
MikeR wrote: Mon Jul 21, 2025 10:07 am
Try googling
"Linux how to prevent update of a specific package" (Lose the quote marks)
Or click here
LOL! I've done that to people myself!
I think there's a little more going on here. It's asking to update 470 but I have 535 installed per the Nvidia Settings app and nvidia-smi. I might have to clear out 535 and go back to 470 for the updates to work.
Re: Updater asking to install older Nvidia driver
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2025 5:19 pm
by Stevo
You don't need any updates with that 6.6 kernel. I would check with Synaptic or MXPI to make sure that nvidia-tesla-470-driver is not installed also, as the updater seems to show, and remove it there, along with all those other 470 packages.