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Debian 13 fails to start nvidia-persistenced.service on boot #1

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opened 2025-08-25 21:17:59 +00:00 by eric · 1 comment
eric commented 2025-08-25 21:17:59 +00:00
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It seems I have to wait for an upstream solution...

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Aug 25 17:03:35 inspiron-3670 systemd[1]: Starting nvidia-persistenced.service - NVIDIA Persistence Daemon...
Aug 25 17:03:35 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: Verbose syslog connection opened
Aug 25 17:03:35 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: Started (1042)
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 modprobe[1173]: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/6.12.41+deb13-amd64
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: Failed to query NVIDIA devices. Please ensure that the NVIDIA device files (/dev/nvidia*) exist, and that user 0 has read and write permissions for those files.
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1030]: nvidia-persistenced failed to initialize. Check syslog for more details.
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: PID file unlocked.
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: PID file closed.
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: Shutdown (1042)
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 systemd[1]: nvidia-persistenced.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 systemd[1]: nvidia-persistenced.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 systemd[1]: Failed to start nvidia-persistenced.service - NVIDIA Persistence Daemon.

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It seems I have to wait for an upstream solution... **Logs**: ``` Aug 25 17:03:35 inspiron-3670 systemd[1]: Starting nvidia-persistenced.service - NVIDIA Persistence Daemon... Aug 25 17:03:35 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: Verbose syslog connection opened Aug 25 17:03:35 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: Started (1042) Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 modprobe[1173]: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/6.12.41+deb13-amd64 Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: Failed to query NVIDIA devices. Please ensure that the NVIDIA device files (/dev/nvidia*) exist, and that user 0 has read and write permissions for those files. Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1030]: nvidia-persistenced failed to initialize. Check syslog for more details. Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: PID file unlocked. Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: PID file closed. Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 nvidia-persistenced[1042]: Shutdown (1042) Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 systemd[1]: nvidia-persistenced.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 systemd[1]: nvidia-persistenced.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Aug 25 17:03:36 inspiron-3670 systemd[1]: Failed to start nvidia-persistenced.service - NVIDIA Persistence Daemon. ``` **Links**: * https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers#Debian_13_.22Trixie.22 * https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155637 * https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=155638 * https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=162922
eric changed title from Debian 13 fails to start nvidia-persistenced.service on bot to Debian 13 fails to start nvidia-persistenced.service on boot 2025-08-25 21:18:15 +00:00
eric commented 2025-08-26 13:57:19 +00:00
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The system rebooted with no errors this morning. The Lord giveth. 🙌

The system rebooted with no errors this morning. The Lord giveth. 🙌
eric closed this issue 2025-08-26 13:57:20 +00:00
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Reference: DevOps/ansible-role-nvidia-driver#1