[Bug 1249461] New: INstallation of Nvidia utils fails while follwoing the officicial documentation: https://documentation.suse.com/suse-ai/1.0/html/NVIDIA-GPU-driver-on-SL-Micro/index.html#nvidia-gpu-pre-install-procedure

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            Bug ID: 1249461
           Summary: INstallation of Nvidia utils fails while follwoing the
                    officicial documentation:
                    https://documentation.suse.com/suse-ai/1.0/html/NVIDIA
                    -GPU-driver-on-SL-Micro/index.html#nvidia-gpu-pre-inst
                    all-procedure
    Classification: SUSE AI
           Product: SUSE AI Application Containers
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: x86-64
                OS: SLES 15
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: documentation
          Assignee: tbazant at suse.com
          Reporter: tapas.nandi at suse.com
        QA Contact: ai-maintainers at lists.suse.com
  Target Milestone: ---
          Found By: ---
           Blocker: ---

When following the official doc:
https://documentation.suse.com/suse-ai/1.0/html/NVIDIA-GPU-driver-on-SL-Micro/index.html#nvidia-gpu-pre-install-procedure
in SLE Micro 6.1 in AWS in region Mumbai with ami :  ami-0cfef6687dda2090c

The installation of nvidia utils fails as below:

transactional update ~# version=$(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{VERSION}\n' \
>   nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-cuda-kmp-default \
>   | cut -d "_" -f1 | sort -u | tail -n 1)
transactional update ~# echo $version
575.57.08
transactional update ~# zypper install -y --auto-agree-with-licenses \
> nvidia-compute-utils-G06=${version}
Refreshing service 'SUSE_Linux_Micro_6.1_x86_64'.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

Problem: 1: the to be installed nvidia-compute-utils-G06-575.57.08-1.x86_64
requires 'nvidia-compute-G06 = 575.57.08', but this requirement cannot be
provided
not installable providers: nvidia-compute-G06-575.57.08-1.x86_64[cuda-sle15]

 Solution 1: Following actions will be done:
  install nvidia-common-G06-575.57.08-1.x86_64 from vendor NVIDIA
    replacing kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06-550.100-slfo.1.1_1.2.x86_64 from
vendor SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/>
  deinstallation of
nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-default-550.100_k6.4.0_19-slfo.1.1_1.5.x86_64
 Solution 2: do not install nvidia-compute-utils-G06-575.57.08-1.x86_64
 Solution 3: break nvidia-compute-utils-G06-575.57.08-1.x86_64 by ignoring some
of its dependencies

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to work around the problem we have to uninstall the kernel firmware as below:
kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06-550.100-slfo.1.1_1.2.x86_64

transactional update ~# zypper remove
kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06-550.100-slfo.1.1_1.2.x86_64
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following package is going to be REMOVED:
  kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06

1 package to remove.

Package install size change:
              |         0 B    required by packages that will be installed
   -58.9 MiB  |  -   58.9 MiB  released by packages that will be removed

Backend:  classic_rpmtrans
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y
(1/1) Removing: kernel-firmware-nvidia-gspx-G06-550.100-slfo.1.1_1.2.x86_64
...................................................[done]
Running post-transaction scripts
..............................................................................................[done]

Since the last system boot core libraries or services have been updated.
Reboot is suggested to ensure that your system benefits from these updates.

===============
Post this the drivers get installed correctly:
transactional update ~# zypper install -y --auto-agree-with-licenses \
> nvidia-compute-utils-G06=${version}
Refreshing service 'SUSE_Linux_Micro_6.1_x86_64'.
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 7 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  libOpenCL1 libnvidia-gpucomp nvidia-common-G06 nvidia-compute-G06
nvidia-compute-utils-G06 nvidia-modprobe nvidia-persistenced

7 new packages to install.

Package download size:   142.7 MiB

Package install size change:
              |     506.0 MiB  required by packages that will be installed
   506.0 MiB  |  -      0 B    released by packages that will be removed

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Suggestion to add a step in document which would indicate to remove the
existing kernel package which is part of the sle micro AWS image and proceed
accordingly.
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