NVIDIA update problems

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After zypper up with kernel update, I got an error

Failed to start Nvidia Persistence Daemon

during startup. I used snapper rollback to return to a ‘normal’ screen resolution.
On this forum I found out that all nvidia packages should be of the same version and on my computer that is not the case, zypper se -si nvidia produces

Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                       | Type    | Version                    | Arch   | Repository
---+----------------------------+---------+----------------------------+--------+---------------------
i+ | kernel-firmware-nvidia     | package | 20250516-160000.2.2        | noarch | repo-oss (16.0)
i+ | libnvidia-egl-gbm1         | package | 1.1.2-160000.3.2           | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)
i+ | libnvidia-egl-wayland1     | package | 1.1.22-lp160.56.1          | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | libnvidia-egl-x111         | package | 1.0.5-lp160.24.1           | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | libnvidia-gpucomp-G06      | package | 580.159.03-lp160.60.1      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-common-G06          | package | 580.159.03-lp160.60.1      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-compute-G06         | package | 580.159.03-lp160.60.1      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-compute-utils-G06   | package | 580.159.03-lp160.60.1      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-gl-G06              | package | 580.159.03-lp160.60.1      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-modprobe            | package | 580.159.03-lp160.26.1      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-persistenced        | package | 580.159.03-lp160.2.1       | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-userspace-meta-G06  | package | 580.159.03-lp160.53.1      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | nvidia-video-G06           | package | 580.159.03-lp160.60.1      | x86_64 | repo-non-free (16.0)
i+ | openSUSE-repos-Leap-NVIDIA | package | 20260218.3c95c01-lp160.1.1 | x86_64 | repo-oss (16.0)

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I do not know how this came about nor how to fix it (for now and for the future).

Help is greatly appreciated.

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Are you running the open driver? If so, not sure why you have not switched to the G07 one? Else look at installing nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default - 580.159.03_k6.12.0_160000.35-lp160.60.1 which matches the new kernel.

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I’m not sure. In my grub the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT contains rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau. I installed nvidia-driver-G06-kmp-default - 580.159.03_k6.12.0_160000.35-lp160.60.1and after reboot all seemed fine. Presently zypper tell me there is nothing to update. (I have zypper path --with-update running as a cron job and I shut down/start my computer every day.)

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@Dnk1287 What does the output from inxi -GSaz show.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.12.0-160000.35-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 13.4.0 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.0-160000.35-default
    root=UUID=9bf27833-79d4-463a-be47-994d15099b80 nosplash quiet showopts
    mitigations=auto rd.driver.blacklist=nouveau security selinux=0
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.2 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.16.0
    wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: xscreensaver vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: openSUSE Leap 16.0
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: nvidia v: 580.159.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d01
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: modesetting,nouveau,vesa alternate: fbdev,nv gpu: nvidia
    display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 res: 2560x1440 size: N/A modes: N/A
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia gbm:
    drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 580.159.03 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 1.95 GiB display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 3 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1d01
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
    name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:1d01
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
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@Dnk1287 So you need to stick with the G06 propriatary driver since it’s a pascal based card.