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[Mitchell Augustin <2090974@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the report!

I confirmed that I can reproduce this issue on my Noble machine, and
that the proposed fix resolves it. (tested with this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~mitchellaugustin/+archive/ubuntu/screen-
resolution-extra-test/+packages)

I prepared the PRs and tagged ubuntu-sponsors for review/upload.

** Description changed:

+ SRU Justification:
+ 
+ [ Impact ]
+ 
+ Users cannot save their X configuration files from nvidia-settings due
+ to the called script not being marked executable
+ 
+ [ Test Plan ]
+ 
+ 
+ 1. Run nvidia-settings
+ 2. Go to the X Server Display Configuration page
+ 3. Select a monitor in the layout and make any settings change to it using the controls below
+ 4. Click the "Save to X Configuration File" button
+ 5. On the "Save X Configuration" popup, click Save6
+ 6. The polkit auth prompt will pop up. Authenticated
+ Expected / working:
+ It works -- the xorg.conf file you specified is saved and you return to the nvidia-settings window without incident
+ Actual / failing:
+ It errors with "Unable to open X config file '{file you specified}' for writing.'
+ 
+ [ Fix ]
+ 
+ Set nvidia-polkit's mode to executable
+ 
+ [ Where problems could occur ]
+ 
+ Unlikely to cause a regression unless there is some caller that depends
+ on nvidia-polkit *not* being executable
+ 
+ [ Original bug report from rakslice ]
+ 
  I'm running version 0.18.3 of the package in 24.04 (noble).
  The package does not set nvidia-polkit executable, so the nvidia-settings app fails to save xorg.conf changes with a misleading error message.
  
  Clearly it is a python script, and simply setting it executable fixes the problem:
  sudo chmod +x /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2090974

Title:
  nvidia-polkit not executable

Status in screen-resolution-extra package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  SRU Justification:

  [ Impact ]

  Users cannot save their X configuration files from nvidia-settings due
  to the called script not being marked executable

  [ Test Plan ]

  
  1. Run nvidia-settings
  2. Go to the X Server Display Configuration page
  3. Select a monitor in the layout and make any settings change to it using the controls below
  4. Click the "Save to X Configuration File" button
  5. On the "Save X Configuration" popup, click Save6
  6. The polkit auth prompt will pop up. Authenticated
  Expected / working:
  It works -- the xorg.conf file you specified is saved and you return to the nvidia-settings window without incident
  Actual / failing:
  It errors with "Unable to open X config file '{file you specified}' for writing.'

  [ Fix ]

  Set nvidia-polkit's mode to executable

  [ Where problems could occur ]

  Unlikely to cause a regression unless there is some caller that
  depends on nvidia-polkit *not* being executable

  [ Original bug report from rakslice ]

  I'm running version 0.18.3 of the package in 24.04 (noble).
  The package does not set nvidia-polkit executable, so the nvidia-settings app fails to save xorg.conf changes with a misleading error message.

  Clearly it is a python script, and simply setting it executable fixes the problem:
  sudo chmod +x /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit

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