Trying to install nvidia drivers. getting conflicting driver message. I think the nouveau driver is the problem. I get "permission denied" when I try to blacklist it

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trying to install nvidia drivers. getting conflicting driver message. I think the nouveau driver is the problem. I get “permission denied” when I try to blacklist it. I assume I need to chmod the permissions… am I on the right track? have debian 12

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Hi you need to run the commands as root:

# echo blacklist nouveau > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nvidia-nouveau.conf
# update-initramfs -u

Check your tutorial for more details:

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thank you for the reply. I found the solution elsewhere. There are three or four things to check when you get an error blacklisting nouveau… I can probably find the link if you think it would be helpful for others here.