Comment 62 for bug 1872950

@xnox The nvidia-340 driver can't seem to work with 5.11.0-25-generic that is presently used by Ubuntu Focal LTS. How should I resolve this issue?

~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
[sudo] password for master:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for master:
Setting up nvidia-340 (340.108-0ubuntu5.20.04.2) ...
dpkg: error: version '-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty
dpkg: error: version '-' has bad syntax: revision number is empty
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia-340
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
Removing old nvidia-340-340.108 DKMS files...

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Deleting module version: 340.108
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
Loading new nvidia-340-340.108 DKMS files...
Building for 5.11.0-25-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 5.11.0-25-generic
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/nvidia-340.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.11.0-25-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-340/340.108/build/make.log for more information.
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-340 (--configure):
 installed nvidia-340 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 10
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.2) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.6) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-25-generic
I: The initramfs will attempt to resume from /dev/nvme0n1p2
I: (UUID=107580ad-2775-4369-953e-7b873462c121)
I: Set the RESUME variable to override this.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-340