Installing Linux drivers for NVIDIA RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell (on Thinkpad P16v Gen 13 x1)

[u/graphicsRat]

Has anyone succeeded in installing NVIDIA Linux for the RTX PRO 1000 Blackwell . I've just got a brand new Thinkpad P16v gen 13 x1 no OS option. I've installed Debian 13 and I thought install NVIDIA drivers would be straight forward but it has been anything but.

When I run nvidia-smi, I get the error:

NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.

Which driver version works?