Unable to switch NVIDIA driver -- cryptic "OK" window pops up

[James Bowery]

See askubuntu.com question:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1415167/what-does-the-software-updater-popup-that-says-ok-with-a-circled-x-mean-when

tail -f /var/log/syslog

Feb 24 08:56:26 ML PackageKit: new install-packages transaction /9536_dadedeab scheduled from uid 1000
Feb 24 08:56:26 ML PackageKit: install-packages transaction /9536_dadedeab from uid 1000 finished with failed after 205ms
Feb 24 08:56:26 ML software-proper[115228]: Failed to set text '<big><b>Error while applying changes</b></big>#012#012pk-client-error-quark: The following packages have unmet dependencies:#012 linux-modules-nvidia-525-generic: Depends: linux-modules-nvidia-525-5.15.0-60-generic (= 5.15.0-60.66) but it is not going to be installed#012 Depends: nvidia-kernel-common-525 (<= 525.78.01-1) but it is not installable#012 Depends: nvidia-kernel-common-525 (>= 525.78.01) but it is not installable#012 (268)' from markup due to error parsing markup: Error on line 5 char 74: “=” is not a valid character following a “<” character; it may not begin an element name

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: software-properties-gtk 0.99.22.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-60.66-generic 5.15.78
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-60-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Feb 24 08:52:03 2023
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-02-05 (1114 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190805)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.10
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.18-9
SourcePackage: software-properties
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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