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You must reboot after update so in kernel

```bash
nvidia-srv/580.126.20, 6.8.0-111-generic, x86_64: installed
```

I would **stay on `580-server`** for the Tesla P40.

Do **not** move to `590` or `595` for this card unless you are testing on a disposable install. The P40 is Pascal, and the newer 590+ branch is where Pascal support becomes problematic/legacy. NVIDIA’s 580 data-center release notes still list Tesla P40 support, while 595 is a newer data-center branch focused on newer supported platforms and has newer compatibility requirements like DCGM 4.3.x+ for DCGM users. ([NVIDIA Docs][1])

Your best option:

```bash
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-580-server nvidia-utils-580-server
```

Then pin/hold it so Ubuntu does not “helpfully” move you to 590/595 later:

```bash
sudo apt-mark hold nvidia-driver-580-server nvidia-utils-580-server
```

Also check whether you have mixed normal and server 580 packages. You currently show:

```text
nvidia-utils-580/noble-updates 580.142...
nvidia-utils-580-server ... 580.126... [installed]
```

That is okay as long as only the `*-server` package is installed. Verify:

```bash
dpkg -l | grep -E 'nvidia-driver|nvidia-utils|libnvidia|nvidia-dkms' | awk '{print $2, $3}'
```

For a Tesla P40 compute box, I would prefer this branch order:

```text
Best: 580-server
Okay: 535-server / 570-server if 580 gives issues
Avoid: 590 / 595 for P40
```

For GPT-OSS/local LLM use, newer `590`/`595` is unlikely to give you anything meaningful on a P40. The bigger limitations are the P40’s Pascal architecture: no Tensor Cores, no BF16, no FP8/MXFP4 acceleration. Stability matters more than newest driver here.

[1]: https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/tesla/tesla-release-notes-580-126-20/index.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Version 580.126.20(Linux) :: NVIDIA Data Center GPU ..."

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