I can confirm a related failure mode on Jammy / Linux Mint 21.3 with a
Kepler GTX 760.

System:

```text
OS: Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon, Ubuntu Jammy base
Kernel: 5.15.0-181-generic
GPU: NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 760]
PCI ID: 10de:1187
```

On this system, the normal `nvidia-driver-470` package path resolves
toward the 535 branch:

```text
nvidia-dkms-470 : Depends: nvidia-dkms-535
nvidia-driver-470 : Depends: nvidia-driver-535 but it is not installable
nvidia-kernel-common-470 : Depends: nvidia-kernel-common-535 but it is not 
installable
nvidia-utils-470 : Depends: nvidia-utils-535 but it is not installable
xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 : Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-535 but it 
is not installable
```

For this hardware, 535 is not a usable replacement. The NVIDIA kernel
message says Kepler GPUs such as this are supported through the 470.xx
legacy drivers and that the 535 driver will ignore the GPU.

The machine was recovered by blocking 535 and installing the current
Jammy `470-server` packages:

```text
Kernel driver in use: nvidia
driver: nvidia v: 470.256.02
X loaded: nvidia
OpenGL renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
nvidia-driver-470-server Installed: 470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1
nvidia-driver-535 Candidate: none
```

I filed a Jammy / Mint-specific report as bug #2155424, but this appears
to be the same underlying regression: transitioning 470 to 535 leaves
Kepler users with a driver branch that cannot support their hardware.

If `470-server` is also going transitional, then that workaround should
be considered temporary/fragile too.

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