Bug#996461: nvidia-kernel-dkms: DKMS tree already contains: nvidia-current-470.74

[Andreas Beckmann]

On 14/10/2021 12.15, Drew Parsons wrote:
> Package: nvidia-kernel-dkms
> Version: 470.74-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: fails to configure
> 
> Upgrade to the new nvidia-driver 470.74-1 (nvidia-kernel-dkms) fails
> at the configuration step with this error message:
> 
> $ sudo aptitude
> Performing actions...
> Setting up nvidia-kernel-dkms (470.74-1) ...
> Removing old nvidia-current-470.74 DKMS files...
> Loading new nvidia-current-470.74 DKMS files...
> Error! DKMS tree already contains: nvidia-current-470.74
> You cannot add the same module/version combo more than once.

What happened earlier?
Did you somehow try to manually install the 470.74 driver from the .run 
file?

What happened at the first configuration attempt of the package?
You should find the full transcript of upgrading to 470 somewhere in 
/var/log/apt/term.log*

Andreas