Nvidia driver installation fails on debian 13 kernel 6.12

[weneedthis8-afk]

NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules Version

590.48.01 and 2ccbad2

Operating System and Version

debian 13

Kernel Release

6.12.38+deb13 6.12.63+deb13 6.18.0 generic

Please confirm you are running a stable release kernel (e.g. not a -rc). We do not accept bug reports for unreleased kernels.

• I am running on a stable kernel release.

Build Command

make modules

Terminal output/Build Log

kernel modules build log

  LD [M]  /tmp/open-gpu-kernel-modules/kernel-open/nvidia-uvm.o
  MODPOST /tmp/open-gpu-kernel-modules/kernel-open/Module.symvers
ERROR: modpost: vmlinux: 'system_state' exported twice. Previous export was in vmlinux
ERROR: modpost: vmlinux: 'static_key_initialized' exported twice. Previous export was in vmlinux
ERROR: modpost: vmlinux: 'reset_devices' exported twice. Previous export was in vmlinux
ERROR: modpost: vmlinux: 'loops_per_jiffy' exported twice. Previous export was in vmlinux
ERROR: modpost: vmlinux: 'init_uts_ns' exported twice. Previous export was in vmlinux
ERROR: modpost: vmlinux: 'wait_for_initramfs' exported twice. Previous export was in vmlinux
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ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_dgram_enqueue' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_stream_enqueue' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_destruct' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_unsent_bytes' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_release' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_recv_pkt' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_purge_skbs' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_read_skb' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common: 'virtio_transport_notify_set_rcvlowat' exported twice. Previous export was in net/vmw_vsock/vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/nsh/nsh: 'nsh_push' exported twice. Previous export was in net/nsh/nsh.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/nsh/nsh: 'nsh_pop' exported twice. Previous export was in net/nsh/nsh.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/hsr/hsr: 'hsr_get_version' exported twice. Previous export was in net/hsr/hsr.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/hsr/hsr: 'is_hsr_master' exported twice. Previous export was in net/hsr/hsr.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/qrtr/qrtr: 'qrtr_endpoint_post' exported twice. Previous export was in net/qrtr/qrtr.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/qrtr/qrtr: 'qrtr_endpoint_register' exported twice. Previous export was in net/qrtr/qrtr.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/qrtr/qrtr: 'qrtr_endpoint_unregister' exported twice. Previous export was in net/qrtr/qrtr.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/qrtr/qrtr: 'qrtr_ns_init' exported twice. Previous export was in net/qrtr/qrtr.ko
ERROR: modpost: net/qrtr/qrtr: 'qrtr_ns_remove' exported twice. Previous export was in net/qrtr/qrtr.ko
ERROR: modpost: virt/lib/irqbypass: 'irq_bypass_register_producer' exported twice. Previous export was in virt/lib/irqbypass.ko
ERROR: modpost: virt/lib/irqbypass: 'irq_bypass_unregister_producer' exported twice. Previous export was in virt/lib/irqbypass.ko
ERROR: modpost: virt/lib/irqbypass: 'irq_bypass_register_consumer' exported twice. Previous export was in virt/lib/irqbypass.ko
ERROR: modpost: virt/lib/irqbypass: 'irq_bypass_unregister_consumer' exported twice. Previous export was in virt/lib/irqbypass.ko
make[5]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.43+deb13-common/scripts/Makefile.modpost:145: /tmp/open-gpu-kernel-modules/kernel-open/Module.symvers] Error 1
make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.43+deb13-common/Makefile:1922: modpost] Error 2
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.43+deb13-common/Makefile:236: __sub-make] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.43+deb13-amd64'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:236: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.12.43+deb13-common'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:138: modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/open-gpu-kernel-modules/kernel-open'
make: *** [Makefile:59: modules] Error 2

More Info

I tried to install an nvidia driver for my 5060 ti and I can't manage to do this. I need it exclusively for containers inside my Kubernetes cluster.

This is what I tried:

• Use gpu-operator: fails because it cannot find image for debian13
• Use driver versions 580.105.08 580.126.09 and 590.48.01
• Try kernel versions 6.12.38+deb13 6.12.43+deb13 6.12.63+deb13 6.18.0-generic for all of the above.

I keep getting the same errors, and the build fails at nvidia-uvm. Any help welcome if this is an issue from my end.

According to nvidia documentation debian 13 on kernel 6.12 is supported so it should work.

[jsmouret]

using gpu-operator, I manually updated the nvidia-driver-daemonset pod to use nvcr.io/nvidia/driver:580.105.08-ubuntu24.04 instead of the missing nvcr.io/nvidia/driver:580.105.08-debian13.
but it fails:

# kubectl -n gpu-operator logs nvidia-driver-daemonset-pwbhh
DRIVER_ARCH is x86_64

========== NVIDIA Software Installer ==========

Starting installation of NVIDIA driver version 580.105.08 for Linux kernel version 6.12.63+deb13-amd64

Unloading NVIDIA driver kernel modules...
Unmounting NVIDIA driver rootfs...
Updating the package cache...
Resolving Linux kernel version...
Unloading NVIDIA driver kernel modules...
Unmounting NVIDIA driver rootfs...
Could not resolve Linux kernel version

[DrissiReda]

that's because ubuntu and linux don't have the same kernel versions, you have a "generic" in the name instead of "deb13". gpu-operator doesn't support debian 13. I also use gpu-operator and I had the same issue.