Article 5DQZG Debian Buster backports Nvidia driver dependency hell.

Debian Buster backports Nvidia driver dependency hell.

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I would like to install the XanMod stable real time kernel (linux-xanmod-rt metapackage). However, despite my having buster-backports in my sources.list, apt doesn't seem to draw in the backports Nvidia driver. On a reboot, the boot up process stops with a blinking lower case sursor. Therefore, I try to upgrade manually:
Code:sudo apt install nvidia-driver/buster-backportsThis unfortunately leads to dependency hell:
Code:$ sudo apt install nvidia-driver/buster-backports
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-driver'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-driver-libs' because of 'nvidia-driver'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx' because of 'nvidia-driver-libs'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libglx-nvidia0' because of 'libgl1-nvidia-glvnd-glx'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-alternative' because of 'libglx-nvidia0'
Selected version '1.2.0~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'glx-alternative-nvidia' because of 'nvidia-alternative'
Selected version '1.2.0~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'update-glx' because of 'glx-alternative-nvidia'
Selected version '1.2.0~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'glx-diversions' because of 'glx-alternative-nvidia'
Selected version '1.2.0~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'glx-alternative-mesa' because of 'glx-diversions'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libnvidia-glcore' because of 'libglx-nvidia0'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-egl-icd' because of 'nvidia-driver-libs'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libegl-nvidia0' because of 'nvidia-egl-icd'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libnvidia-eglcore' because of 'libegl-nvidia0'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libgles-nvidia1' because of 'nvidia-driver-libs'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libgles-nvidia2' because of 'nvidia-driver-libs'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libnvidia-cfg1' because of 'nvidia-driver-libs'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-vulkan-icd' because of 'nvidia-driver-libs'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libnvidia-glvkspirv' because of 'nvidia-vulkan-icd'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libnvidia-cbl' because of 'nvidia-vulkan-icd'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libnvidia-rtcore' because of 'nvidia-vulkan-icd'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-driver-bin' because of 'nvidia-driver'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'xserver-xorg-video-nvidia' because of 'nvidia-driver'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-vdpau-driver' because of 'xserver-xorg-video-nvidia'
Selected version '460.39-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-kernel-dkms' because of 'nvidia-vdpau-driver'
Selected version '460.32.03-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'nvidia-settings' because of 'xserver-xorg-video-nvidia'
Selected version '460.32.03-1~bpo10+1' (Debian Backports:buster-backports [amd64]) for 'libxnvctrl0' because of 'nvidia-settings'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nvidia-driver : Depends: nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 460.39-1~bpo10+1) but it is not going to be installed or
nvidia-kernel-460.39
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.I want to use my computer for music production, thus the real time kernel, but as you can probably tell, I am completely new at this and don't really know where to go from here...latest?d=yIl2AUoC8zA latest?i=3Lj4sKb2Ya8:6kl3lFW527s:F7zBnMy latest?i=3Lj4sKb2Ya8:6kl3lFW527s:V_sGLiP latest?d=qj6IDK7rITs latest?i=3Lj4sKb2Ya8:6kl3lFW527s:gIN9vFw3Lj4sKb2Ya8
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