** Description changed: + This is the first bug i file, so please bear with my inexperience :) + nvidia-340 kernel modules are not compatibile with the latest linux - kernel (5.1* series). So when ubuntu-drivers-common detects and installs - the nvidia-340 drivers it should also install the latest compatible - kernel version of the linux 5.4 series. + kernel (5.1* series, which are default in the latest 20.04 point + releases and following ubuntu releases). So when ubuntu-drivers-common + detects and installs the nvidia-340 drivers it should also install the + latest compatible kernel version of the linux 5.4 series. + + This happened to me when trying to install ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS on an old + macbook 6,1 (white unibody macbook). Driver manager suggested nvidia-340 + for my machine, but installation failed when building kernel modules + were incompatibile with the latest linux kernel. + + I solved the problem by manually running sudo apt-install --install- + recommends linux-generic and by rebooting on an older version of the + kernel
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