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[Bug 200868] Re: nvidia-settings doesn't have permissions to write xorg.conf

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From: Travis Watkins <amaranth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:15:54 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 200868 <200868@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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If you run with gksudo you're running a full GUI app as root for no
reason _and_ causing a bug because the .nvidia-settings-rc file will be
saved for the root user instead of for the user running the app so
setting changes they make that _don't_ write to xorg.conf will not be
saved in the correct location.

I would say just making a full GUI app run as root is enough of a bug to
not implement this 'fix'. We're trying to reduce the number of apps that
do such a thing, not increase them.

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nvidia-settings doesn't have permissions to write xorg.conf
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/200868
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