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["Michael J." <lesbano.yuk@xxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

After activating nvidia-173 video driver present in Ubuntu repositories,
Ubuntu installs a different version of 'nvidia-settings' which is
incompatible with nvidia-173 video driver.

Nvidia-settings for nvidia-173 video driver is supposed to be the same
version with the video driver, namely 173.xx.xx version, but instead it
is always some other version, either 'nvidia-settings-304' or nvidia-
settings-331 version.

I managed to find a solution to link nvidia-173 video driver to its
original 'nvidia-settings' version after downloading a .deb package
which includes 'nvidia-settings' version 173.14.39, the same version
with the latest driver for nvidia-173 package in Ubuntu 14.04.

Dowload link for the 32bit 'nvidia-settings' version 173.14.39 is here:

http://pkgs.org/debian-wheezy/debian-backports-contrib-i386/nvidia-
settings-legacy-173xx_173.14.39-1~bpo70+1_i386.deb.html

Dowload link for the 64bit 'nvidia-settings' version 173.14.39 is here:

http://pkgs.org/debian-wheezy/debian-backports-contrib-amd64/nvidia-
settings-legacy-173xx_173.14.39-1~bpo70+1_amd64.deb.html

To fix the problem, I simply removed the incompatible 'nvidia-settings'
version 304 or 331 which also removed the screen-resolution-extra
package. And next, I extracted and copied the new nvidia-settings files
from the .deb archive to /usr/lib/nvidia-173, and also added a new entry
in /usr/share/applications for the new 'nvidia-settings' version
173.14.39:


         [Desktop Entry]
         Version=1.0
         Type=Application
         Exec=/usr/lib/nvidia-173/nvidia-settings
         Terminal=false
         Categories=HardwareSettings;System;Settings;
         Icon=/usr/share/icons/nvidia-settings-legacy-173xx.png
         Name=NVIDIA X Server Settings
         Comment=Configure NVIDIA X Server Settings

It works as it is supposed to in Ubuntu 14.04 32bit, and it should also
work for Ubuntu 13.10 or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32bit. Never tested this
solution for a 64bit release of Ubuntu.

** Affects: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: incompatible nvidia-173 nvidia-settings

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313504

Title:
  Nvidia-173 video driver package comes with incompatible nvidia-
  settings version

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

Bug description:
  After activating nvidia-173 video driver present in Ubuntu
  repositories, Ubuntu installs a different version of 'nvidia-settings'
  which is incompatible with nvidia-173 video driver.

  Nvidia-settings for nvidia-173 video driver is supposed to be the same
  version with the video driver, namely 173.xx.xx version, but instead
  it is always some other version, either 'nvidia-settings-304' or
  nvidia-settings-331 version.

  I managed to find a solution to link nvidia-173 video driver to its
  original 'nvidia-settings' version after downloading a .deb package
  which includes 'nvidia-settings' version 173.14.39, the same version
  with the latest driver for nvidia-173 package in Ubuntu 14.04.

  Dowload link for the 32bit 'nvidia-settings' version 173.14.39 is
  here:

  http://pkgs.org/debian-wheezy/debian-backports-contrib-i386/nvidia-
  settings-legacy-173xx_173.14.39-1~bpo70+1_i386.deb.html

  Dowload link for the 64bit 'nvidia-settings' version 173.14.39 is
  here:

  http://pkgs.org/debian-wheezy/debian-backports-contrib-amd64/nvidia-
  settings-legacy-173xx_173.14.39-1~bpo70+1_amd64.deb.html

  To fix the problem, I simply removed the incompatible 'nvidia-
  settings' version 304 or 331 which also removed the screen-resolution-
  extra package. And next, I extracted and copied the new nvidia-
  settings files from the .deb archive to /usr/lib/nvidia-173, and also
  added a new entry in /usr/share/applications for the new 'nvidia-
  settings' version 173.14.39:

  
           [Desktop Entry]
           Version=1.0
           Type=Application
           Exec=/usr/lib/nvidia-173/nvidia-settings
           Terminal=false
           Categories=HardwareSettings;System;Settings;
           Icon=/usr/share/icons/nvidia-settings-legacy-173xx.png
           Name=NVIDIA X Server Settings
           Comment=Configure NVIDIA X Server Settings

  It works as it is supposed to in Ubuntu 14.04 32bit, and it should
  also work for Ubuntu 13.10 or Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32bit. Never tested
  this solution for a 64bit release of Ubuntu.

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