Thanks for the replies.
1. Install latest driver, then try and update kernel
or
2. remove old driver, Install latest driver, then try and update kernel
p.s. how do I upgrade the kernel when apt update is none
updating proxmox kernel update from 6.14.11 to 6.17.2-2-pve
apt was installing the 6.17 kernel and DKMS was compiling the Nvidia driver module and it failed
driver = NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-550.163.01
root@proxmox:~# proxmox-boot-tool kernel list...