Re: which Nvidia driver in Debian Trixie

[Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net>]

On Tue, 2025-08-26 at 03:58 -0500, Anil F Duggirala wrote:

I am looking ot install the proprietary Nvidia driver on my Dell XPS 9550 with Nvidia Geforce GTX 960M hybrid graphics.

In my new Debian installation I see two different versions, 550 and 535, the 535 version package is named as "tesla". What does this mean? Can I use the 535 tesla driver for gaming?

NVidia has a web page (I don't remember the address) where it advises you what driver to use.

I tried the 550 version but am having some issues with my display (high-dpi) on my laptop; steam games launching in wrong resolution and displaying in the most weird ways. I am on Gnome, Wayland.

Thank you,

Anil F