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[Michael Mess <1313274@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The issue is the following:

i   nvidia-304-updates                                    - NVIDIA
legacy binary driver - version 304.117

The legacy driver is version 304.

But nvidia-settings has version 331.

In the link, tey recommend downgrading nvidia-settings, but I think it would be interesting for me to try to upgrade the driver, because it seems to support Underscan (as Overscan compensation). 
Probably it could solve the following issues that I have with my television set:

Currently I am using a SEG Nevada television set as Monitor, but that one has the issue that it crops the image which is displayed on the screen in 720p mode. 
This is called Overscan and its purpose was for old (analog) signals to hide the borders that might not look nice, but today in the digital age the feature has become obsolete, because all pixels even at the border are expected to look nice (and when using a computer, they are even required as there are the taskbars, etc.). 
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overscan
Good televisions make that feature configurable: When disabled, all pixels are displayed and the image is not cropped.
Unfortunately I can't find any setting to disable Overscan at the television set, even not in the secret menu.
The TV service menu can be accessed by pressing "MENU" and then "9" "3" "0" "1".
Menu entries can be selected with the curser keys "UP" and "DOWN" and entered with "RIGHT".
There is also an entry EEPROM edit, but I will better leave my hands off until I know what the numbers there stand for.
If someone can give me a hint how to disable Overscan, please let me know.

With Ubuntu 12.04 I used as workaround the resolution 1024x768 which is
not affected by the overscan issue and displays all pixels.
Unfortunately the aspect ratio was not correct and pixels were not
sqares, so I would prefer to use 1280x768 without Overscan or (if not
possible) to compensate Overscan by leaving the hidden (non displayed)
border area of the display unused, if possible.

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Title:
  After upgrading to 14.04, nvidia-settings crashes with "BadValue" X
  Window System error

Status in “nvidia-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  After upgrading to 14.04 the screen resolution is not as I want and
  changing with nvidia-settings is not possible, because the program
  crashes when applying new settings.

  michael@quad:~$ nvidia-settings

  ERROR: Error querying target relations

  The program 'nvidia-settings' received an X Window System error.
  This probably reflects a bug in the program.
  The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'.
    (Details: serial 738 error_code 2 request_code 158 minor_code 25)
    (Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
     that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
     To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
     option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
     backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
  michael@quad:~$ 

  The crash occurs when using the "Apply" button.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: nvidia-settings 331.20-0ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Sun Apr 27 09:34:38 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-05-11 (715 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-26 (0 days ago)

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