My experience with the 495 and 510 drivers is identical to those described in the opening post.
* I'm using Ubuntu MATE 21.10 with NVIDIA RTX 3090.
* The 470.103.01-0ubuntu0.21.10.1 and 470.74-0ubuntu1 drivers both work/worked without issue.
* The 495 and 510 drivers both fail to bring up the display server
My experience with the 495 and 510 drivers is identical to those described in the opening post.
* I'm using Ubuntu MATE 21.10 with NVIDIA RTX 3090. 01-0ubuntu0. 21.10.1 and 470.74-0ubuntu1 drivers both work/worked without issue.
* The 470.103.
* The 495 and 510 drivers both fail to bring up the display server