This may be due to a bug with "dkms remove": the warnings at the end suggest an inconsistent state.
# dkms remove nvidia-legacy-390xx/390.147 -k 5.16.0-1-amd64 Module nvidia-legacy-390xx-390.147 for kernel 5.16.0-1-amd64 (x86_64). Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel. nvidia-legacy-390xx.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.16.0-1-amd64/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. nvidia-legacy-390xx-modeset.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.16.0-1-amd64/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. nvidia-legacy-390xx-drm.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.16.0-1-amd64/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. nvidia-legacy-390xx-uvm.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/5.16.0-1-amd64/updates/dkms/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. do_depmod 5.16.0-1-amd64 depmod: WARNING: could not open modules.order at /lib/modules/5.16.0-1-amd64: No such file or directory depmod: WARNING: could not open modules.builtin at /lib/modules/5.16.0-1-amd64: No such file or directory -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)