Hi I recently fresh started on a new Ubuntu machine with the following:
matteo@neo-PC
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.:+ssssssssssssssssss+:. DE: GNOME 46.0
-+ssssssssssssssssssyyssss+- Shell: bash 5.2.21
.ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. Host: Precision 7750
/ssssssssssshdmmNNmmyNMMMMhssssss/ OS: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat) x86_64
+ssssssssshmydMMMMMMMNddddyssssssss+ Kernel: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic
/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhmNMMMNhssssssss/ Packages: 2671 (dpkg), 22 (flatpak)
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10885H (16) @ 5.30 GHz
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile / Max-Q [Discrete]
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso GPU 2: Intel UHD Graphics @ 1.25 GHz [Integrated]
ossyNMMMNyMMhsssssssssssssshmmmhssssssso Memory: 5.85 GiB / 125.44 GiB (5%)
+sssshhhyNMMNyssssssssssssyNMMMysssssss+ Swap: 0 B / 122.07 GiB (0%)
.ssssssssdMMMNhsssssssssshNMMMdssssssss. Disk (/): 26.98 GiB / 937.63 GiB (3%) - ext4
/sssssssshNMMMyhhyyyyhdNMMMNhssssssss/ Disk (/home): 571.43 GiB / 2.55 TiB (22%) - ext4
+sssssssssdmydMMMMMMMMddddyssssssss+ Disk (/media/matteo/Seagate Backup Plus Drive): 3.57 TiB / 4.55 TiB (78%) - ntfs3
/ssssssssssshdmNNNNmyNMMMMhssssss/ Disk (/media/matteo/scratch): 3.61 TiB / 3.64 TiB (99%) - fuseblk
.ossssssssssssssssssdMMMNysssso. Disk (/media/matteo/scratch2): 1.04 TiB / 3.58 TiB (29%) - ext4
-+sssssssssssssssssyyyssss+- Display (AUO329B): 3840x2160 @ 1.75x in 17", 60 Hz [Built-in]
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Upon installing this Ubuntu Distro was shipped with the following nvidia-smi drivers:
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| 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 Quadro RTX 5000 Off | 00000000:01:00.0 Off | N/A |
| N/A 47C P8 3W / 110W | 5MiB / 16384MiB | 0% Default |
| | | N/A |
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes: |
| GPU GI CI PID Type Process name GPU Memory |
| ID ID Usage |
|=========================================================================================|
| 0 N/A N/A 3034 G /usr/bin/gnome-shell 2MiB |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Afterward, I did successfully install CUDA’s latest version
matteo@neo-PC:~$ nvcc -V
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2025 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Fri_Nov__7_07:23:37_PM_PST_2025
Cuda compilation tools, release 13.1, V13.1.80
Build cuda_13.1.r13.1/compiler.36836380_0
But now every time I run apt update I receive a message about potentially upgradable NVIDIA Drivers, like below:
matteo@neo-PC:~$ apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
dkms/unknown 1:3.3.0-1ubuntu1 all [upgradable from: 3.0.11-1ubuntu13]
libnvidia-cfg1-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
libnvidia-common-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 all [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
libnvidia-compute-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
libnvidia-decode-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
libnvidia-egl-wayland1/unknown 1:1.1.20-1ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:1.1.13-1ubuntu0.1]
libnvidia-encode-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
libnvidia-extra-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
libnvidia-fbc1-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
libnvidia-gl-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
libxnvctrl0/unknown 590.48.01-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 510.47.03-0ubuntu4]
nvidia-compute-utils-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
nvidia-dkms-580-open/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
nvidia-driver-580-open/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
nvidia-kernel-common-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
nvidia-kernel-source-580-open/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
nvidia-settings/unknown 590.48.01-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 510.47.03-0ubuntu4]
nvidia-utils-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-580/unknown 580.105.08-0ubuntu1 amd64 [upgradable from: 580.95.05-0ubuntu0.24.04.3]
I’m not quite sure whether I should proceed as I don’t want to break anything and/or install non-yet-stable releases. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance!