package nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Ron Duijs]

Setting up nvidia-304 (304.131-0ubuntu3) ...
INFO:Enable nvidia-304
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/quirks-handler", line 65, in <module>
    operation_status = main(options)
  File "/usr/bin/quirks-handler", line 44, in main
    quirks = Quirks.quirkapplier.QuirkChecker(options.package_enable, path=quirks_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Quirks/quirkapplier.py", line 38, in __init__
    self._system_info = self.get_system_info()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Quirks/quirkapplier.py", line 64, in get_system_info
    return quirk_info.get_dmi_info()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/Quirks/quirkinfo.py", line 46, in get_dmi_info
    'class', 'dmi', 'id', item)).read().strip()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-304 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of nvidia-current:
 nvidia-current depends on nvidia-304; however:
  Package nvidia-304 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package nvidia-current (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 nvidia-304
 nvidia-current

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-77.121-generic 3.13.11-ckt32
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-77-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Sep 1 20:58:35 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-21 (193 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu "Trusty" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20141224-10:35
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-304
Title: package nvidia-304 304.131-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-09-01 (0 days ago)