Package linux-modules-nvidia-460-5.8.0-59-generic not included in kernel 5.8.0-59-generic upgrade

[Curtis Schroeder]

Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04

linux-modules-nvidia-460-5.8.0-59-generic:
  Installed: 5.8.0-59.66~20.04.1
  Candidate: 5.8.0-59.66~20.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 5.8.0-59.66~20.04.1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security/restricted amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

During the upgrade to the 5.8.0-59-generic kernel in Ubuntu 20.04, apt showed an upgrade to the NVIDIA 460 driver as withheld. Proceeding with the 5.8.0-59-generic upgrade breaks the installed NVIDIA 460 driver and causes the Nouveau driver to load after reboot.

Manually installing package linux-modules-nvidia-460-5.8.0-59-generic allows the updated NVIDIA 460.80 driver to complete installation and makes the Ubuntu 20.04 installation whole and completely up-to-date again after a subsequent reboot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-modules-nvidia-460-5.8.0-59-generic 5.8.0-59.66~20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-59.66~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-59-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: talpa_vfshook talpa_pedconnector talpa_pedevice talpa_vcdevice talpa_core talpa_linux talpa_syscallhook nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Jul 2 15:04:08 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-21 (131 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-restricted-modules-hwe-5.8
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)