I think it is activated, but maybe something is not working correctly. Here are the modules in dkms.conf:
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[0]="nvidia"
DEST_MODULE_NAME[0]="$PACKAGE_NAME"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[0]="/updates/dkms"
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[1]="nvidia-modeset"
DEST_MODULE_NAME[1]="$PACKAGE_NAME-modeset"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[1]="/updates/dkms"
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[2]="nvidia-drm"
DEST_MODULE_NAME[2]="$PACKAGE_NAME-drm"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[2]="/updates/dkms"
BUILT_MODULE_NAME[3]="nvidia-uvm"
DEST_MODULE_NAME[3]="$PACKAGE_NAME-uvm"
DEST_MODULE_LOCATION[3]="/updates/dkms"
And here is the output of the search for nvidia modules:
don@dibl-patience:~$ lsmod | grep nvidia
nvidia_drm 57344 6
drm_kms_helper 258048 1 nvidia_drm
nvidia_modeset 1220608 17 nvidia_drm
nvidia 28286976 1018 nvidia_modeset
drm 618496 9 drm_kms_helper,nvidia_drm
My hardware:
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 455.45.01
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia resolution: 1: 1920x1200~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.45.01