Nvidia-driver-390 building for kernel failure

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Any idea how I can resolve this error on an old asus laptop?

It's saying latest is installed but fails on building for the 6.8 kernel.

sudo apt install nvidia-dkms-390
[sudo] password for john:         
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
nvidia-dkms-390 is already the newest version (390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.2).
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up nvidia-dkms-390 (390.157-0ubuntu0.22.04.2) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
Removing old nvidia-390.157 DKMS files...
Deleting module nvidia-390.157 completely from the DKMS tree.
Loading new nvidia-390.157 DKMS files...
Building for 6.8.0-45-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 6.8.0-45-generic
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.0-45-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia/390.157/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-dkms-390 (--configure):
 installed nvidia-dkms-390 package post-installation script subprocess returned 
error exit status 10
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-driver-390:
 nvidia-driver-390 depends on nvidia-dkms-390 (<= 390.157-1); however:
  Package nvidia-dkms-390 is not configured yet.
 nvidia-driver-390 depends on nvidia-dkms-390 (>= 390.157); however:
  Package nvidia-dkms-390 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-driver-390 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.140ubuntu13.4) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.8.0-45-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-dkms-390
 nvidia-driver-390

Card details:

 sudo lshw -C video
  *-display UNCLAIMED       
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: GF116M [GeForce GT 555M/635M]
       vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: a1
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller cap_list
       configuration: latency=0
       resources: memory:da000000-dbffffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff memory:d0000000-d3ffffff ioport:d000(size=128) memory:dc000000-dc07ffff
  *-display
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 2
       bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
       logical name: /dev/fb0
       version: 09
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb
       configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 resolution=1600,900
       resources: irq:38 memory:dc400000-dc7fffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff ioport:e000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff
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The Problem seems to be that the 390 Nvidia Driver is too old for the 6.8 Kernel. So, you need an older one. The 5.15 Kernel for Example.

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Stop press!

Found another thread here that described a similar issue and have now managed to resolve it somehow. Used a PPA for the drivers.

Thought it hadn't worked then restarted and apt upgrade successfully upgraded them

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I spoke too soon, the screen keeps freezing.

And now regretting not having taken a snapshot beforehand....

What's my best way to recover from here?

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Back in 2011 when i used a GTX 485m (around the same date as your card) in my older Clevo P170HM notebook and tried linux mint 17 my screen froze alot too. I am pretty sure the nvidia drivers back then where the issue i had. You have a legacy card and your using a pretty old driver. You probably wony get the freezings fixed unless you switch to noveau driver.

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Thanks, I'll try the nouveau driver then.

Is there a way to switch without booting into the GUI?

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Yes, select nouveau in the part in the screenshot posted below, it will delete the nvidia driver. It's located in the store.

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Thanks, but I need to find a way of installing without booting to the desktop because of the screen freeze issue.

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Managed to do it just before a random freeze occurred.

Seemed ok so far on nouveau driver