5090 working on Debian 13 with nvidia-open driver version 580.95.05

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Hey all, after several failed NVIDIA driver install attempts and Debian 13 re-installs, I have a process that results in a fully functional RTX 5090 in Gnome Desktop with the latest version of the driver (as of this writing) 580.95.05.

IMPORTANT DEBIAN 13 NOTES:

  • The 5090 is ONLY supported from driver versions above 560.X, and ONLY with the nvidia-open driver packages available from the NVIDIA Developer repository.
  • Attempts at installing cuda-drivers from the NVIDIA Developer repo will fail.
  • Attempts at installing NVIDIA drivers from the official Debian 13 repositories will fail.
  • Attempts at installing NVIDIA drivers from the .run package will fail.
  • As of this writing, the NVIDIA Developer repo only has a Debian 12 path, this still works for Debian 13.

The process that works for me:

  1. Install necessary dependencies:
sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential
  1. Download and install the NVIDIA CUDA keyring package:
wget https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian12/x86_64/cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i cuda-keyring_1.1-1_all.deb
  1. Update the package list:
sudo apt update
  1. Install the NVIDIA driver:
sudo apt install nvidia-open --install-suggests
  1. Reboot your system:
sudo reboot
  1. Verify the installation:
    After rebooting, run:
nvidia-smi

You should see the ascii box displaying your GPU details:

 Fri Oct 10 15:15:04 2025       
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 580.95.05              Driver Version: 580.95.05      CUDA Version: 13.0     |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name                 Persistence-M | Bus-Id          Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp   Perf          Pwr:Usage/Cap |           Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                                         |                        |               MIG M. |
|=========================================+========================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090        On  |   00000000:01:00.0 Off |                  N/A |
|  0%   28C    P8             24W /  600W |      18MiB /  32607MiB |      0%      Default |
|                                         |                        |                  N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
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