package nvidia-settings-updates (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-304 304.48-0ubuntu0.1

Bug #1150152 reported by ric rest
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Bug Description

replacing old grub with version 2 resulted in reduced resolution. Unable to reinstall old grub (via Synaptic, sourced from ca.archives) or adjust using xandr.
Ubuntu Studio 12.04.2

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nvidia-settings-updates (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-25.39~precise1-generic 3.5.7.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 6 13:25:18 2013
DuplicateSignature:
 Unpacking nvidia-settings-updates (from .../nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb) ...
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/nvidia-settings-updates_304.43-0ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-304 304.48-0ubuntu0.1
ErrorMessage: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-304 304.48-0ubuntu0.1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 12.04.2 "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: nvidia-settings-updates
Title: package nvidia-settings-updates (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: trying to overwrite '/usr/share/man/man1/nvidia-settings.1.gz', which is also in package nvidia-settings-experimental-304 304.48-0ubuntu0.1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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ric rest (ricrest) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : This bug is a duplicate

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1119811, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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