Bug#1100908: nvidia-driver: nvidia-smi ERROR, reported it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver, on Debian 13

[Andreas Beckmann]

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Hi,

On 3/20/25 12:31, Jing Yuxuan via pkg-nvidia-devel wrote:
> Package: nvidia-driver
> Version: 535.216.03-2

>     * What led up to the situation?
>       I suppose I did nothing unlegal.
>     * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>       ineffective)?
>       I installed the nvidia-driver package with offical source and enabled non-free source.
>       The installation is successful and no error reported. But After I restarted the computer,the nvidia-smi command went wrong.

What are the exact error messages you are seeing?

Debian 13 (trixie) now has much newer drivers, does the problem still
happen with them?

nvidia-driver           | 550.163.01-2
nvidia-tesla-535-driver | 535.261.03-1


Andreas