System update was the cause of this error. nvidia-331 is broken or not fully installed ord-Snoopy:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-331
[sudo] password for lord: 
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: nvidia-331 is broken or not fully installed
lord@lord-Snoopy:~$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure nvidia-331-uvm
dpkg-query: package 'nvidia-331-uvm' is not installed and no information is available
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: nvidia-331-uvm is not installed
I then rn  sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-331 nvidia-331-uvm dkms was installed and here is the return process
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/nvidia-331/glamor.conf to provide /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/glamoregl.conf (glamor_conf) in auto mode
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-38-generic
INFO:Enable nvidia-331
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
Adding system user `nvidia-persistenced' (UID 116) ...
Adding new group `nvidia-persistenced' (GID 125) ...
Adding new user `nvidia-persistenced' (UID 116) with group `nvidia-persistenced' ...
Not creating home directory `/'.
Loading new nvidia-331-331.113 DKMS files...
Building for 3.16.0-38-generic and 3.16.0-39-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.16.0-38-generic
Done.

nvidia_331:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.16.0-38-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
Building initial module for 3.16.0-39-generic
Done.

nvidia_331:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.16.0-39-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up nvidia-331-uvm (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
Loading new nvidia-331-uvm-331.113 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building for 3.16.0-38-generic and 3.16.0-39-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 3.16.0-38-generic
Done.

nvidia-331-uvm:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.16.0-38-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
Building initial module for 3.16.0-39-generic
Done.

nvidia-331-uvm:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/3.16.0-39-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod....

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up nvidia-libopencl1-331 (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-331 (331.113-0ubuntu0.0.4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu4.2) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-39-generic
lord@lord-Snoopy:~$