Cannot change to proprietary driver

[Dane Van Tol]

Whenever I change to a proprietary driver for my Nvidia 1660 super card, I get a pk-client-error-quark error while installing package. Running dpkg --configure -a gives errors while processing these driver files.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic 5.19.0-38.39~22.04.1+1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-38.39~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-38-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Fri Apr 14 23:01:37 2023
DuplicateSignature:
 package:linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic:5.19.0-38.39~22.04.1+1
 Setting up linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic (5.19.0-38.39~22.04.1+1) ...
 /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic.config: 6: /etc/default/linux-modules-nvidia: linux-modules-nvidia-525-open-generic-hwe-22.04: not found
 dpkg: error processing package linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic (--configure):
  installed linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
ErrorMessage: installed linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
 apt 2.4.8
SourcePackage: linux-restricted-modules-hwe-5.19
Title: package linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic 5.19.0-38.39~22.04.1+1 failed to install/upgrade: installed linux-modules-nvidia-525-server-5.19.0-38-generic package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Bug reporting is about finding & fixing problems thus preventing future users from hitting the same bug.

I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.