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[Expired for nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity
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       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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

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

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.

  Next is a list of images showing the output for 'nvidia-setings' that
  comes together with 'nvidia-173' package, and one last image showing
  the output for my tweaked 'nvidia-settings' which I had to use to be
  able to change resolution, monitor frequency and other settings that
  are needed after installing a video driver.

  1. Driver installation:

  [IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/2v2zimv.jpg[/IMG]

  2. Nvidia-Settings output after restart:

  [IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/16azaxf.jpg[/IMG]

  3. Reason why nvidia-settings won't work with nvidia-173 driver (the
  installer for nvidia-173 driver actually includes nvidia-settings
  version 331 instead of version 173, and no wonder nvidia-settings is
  incompatible with the driver after reboot):

  [IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/2qssa4y.jpg[/IMG]

  4. A tweaked and working 'nvidia-settings' tool, thanks to Debian
  developers who provided me with the 173 version for nvidia-settings
  which is compatible with 'nvidia-173' driver:

  [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/14v0ahl.jpg[/IMG]

  The links for 'nvidia-settings' version 173.14.39, which is the same
  version with the actual driver included in 'nvidia-173' driver package
  are shown above just in case you need them to fix this problem.

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