#986670 Bug : nvidia driver requires linux 5 but dependency is not set in buster backports

Package:
nvidia-driver
Source:
nvidia-graphics-drivers
Submitter:
Julien Cervelle
Date:
2021-04-09 09:54:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#986670#5
Date:
2021-04-09 09:51:37 UTC
From:
To:
apt install -t buster-backports nvidia-driver firmware-misc-nonfree
It fails to load at reboot with a framebuffer error in Xorg.log
I solved the problem installing linux-image-5.10 since only the default linux 4.19 was installed while the driver seems compiled against linux 5.10