ubuntu-drivers crashed with PermissionError in set_nvidia_kms(): [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-kms.conf'

[J. M. Soares de Carvalho]

Trying to install nvidea drivers, with ubuntu-drivers autoinstall since "Software & Updates" complains about not being online, happened this buh, I think.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.9.2.1
Uname: Linux 5.14.6-051406-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu69
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Sep 22 16:06:36 2021
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-09-22 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Alpha amd64 (20210920)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.9
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.9, Python 3.9.7, python3-minimal, 3.9.4-1
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/ubuntu-drivers', 'autoinstall']
PythonDetails: N/A
SourcePackage: ubuntu-drivers-common
Title: ubuntu-drivers crashed with PermissionError in set_nvidia_kms(): [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-kms.conf'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, the error about not being online has been resolved in bug #1946196, unsure why the permission error though, maybe the disk had an error and was remounted readonly?