[Bug 2008489] Re: Unable to switch NVIDIA driver -- cryptic "OK" window pops up

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

** Changed in: software-properties (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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)

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