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[Pete Theisen <petetheisen@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nvidia-settings

OK, I get it to come up as nvidia-settings, but . . .

pete@pete-desktop:~$ gksudo nvidia-settings

PARSE ERROR:  Parse error on line 9 of section Module in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
"Disable" is not a valid keyword in this section.

When I try to save the settings this error pops up:

Failed to parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!

I got into it as root, but when I tried to save the settings this error
in a dialog box:

Failed to parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!

and this in the terminal.

pete@pete-desktop:~$ gksudo nvidia-settings

VALIDATION ERROR:  Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Undefined Device "(null)" referenced by Screen "Default Screen".

This is after I commented out the disable dir2.

I will go from line to line, swapping error for error, with this whole
thing?

This is a bug, if I could just figure out how to make a ticket on it.

You should have mentioned the -p at the top of the tutorial? :-)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: nvidia-settings 180.25-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386

-- 
OK, the envy thing gets it back to where it was in 8.10, one big desktop across two screens. I don't know that it will survive a reboot because I can't save the configuration. Of course, Ubuntu can run for months without rebooting.  There is a button to save it, but it won't let you unless you are root, and to become root you have to call the thing from a terminal with the gksudo (whatever it is called) command and I don't know what it is called. "NVIDIA X Server Settings" is the title bar, but I doubt that is really it.  If I try that I just get this:  pete@pete-desktop:~$ gksudo NVIDIA X Server Settings pete@pete-desktop:~$  It asks for the password in between, but the NVIDIA X Server Settings doesn't open.  The xorg.conf does not reflect what is really running:  Section "Screen"     Identifier    "Default Screen"     DefaultDepth    24 EndSection  Section "Module"     Load    "glx"     Disable    "dri2" EndSection  Section "Device"     Identifier    "Default Device"     Driver    "nvidia" EndSection  It should have all kinds of stuff in it about the dual screens, twinview, xinerama and all that. 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384034
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