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NVIDIA apt driver 550.x fails on kernel 6.17

Debian 13 apt nvidia-driver (550.x) fails DKMS on kernel 6.16+. The 550 branch is EOL. Must use the .run installer from nvidia.com with driver 580+.

580.126.18 LTSB confirmed working. Discovered during NVIDIA GPU driver installation (2026-03-01).

Affected entities:NVIDIA GPU Driver