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[dforstmann <dmforstmann@xxxxxxxxx>]

I found this solution, which worked for me:
http://johnnydopefish.blogspot.com/2009/05/ubuntu-904-nvidia-failed-to-parse.html

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 1:31 PM, ledzeppelin
<led_zeppelin8787@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> HI
> I'm experiencing same problem...nvidia cant save conf file to xorg and
> every reboot my resolution falls back to "default" :(
> i have attached xorg too.if you need anything else mail me,ill atach my
> whole OS if needed ;)
>
> ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf"
>   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33745781/xorg.conf
>
> --
> nvidia-settings crashes when user clicks Save To X Configuration File
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286424
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>
> Status in “nvidia-settings” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
> Status in nvidia-settings in Ubuntu Intrepid: Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: nvidia-settings
>
> Clicking "Save To X Configuration File" causes immediate crash of
> nvidia-settings, after running sudo nvidia-settings to set up dual monitors
> using TwinView.
>
> Not sure if this is due to permissions related to the new X config scheme
> (i.e. no longer using xorg.conf for display config)?  I am also confused as
> to why the repo driver is 177.80, but the repo nvidia-settings is 177.78?
>
>
> Error msg:  nvidia settings crashed with SIGSEGV in
> g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID()
>
> System:  Ubuntu Intrepid Beta 8.10, Intel P4 3.0 (hyperthreaded).  2.6.27-7
> kernel.  Standard closed-source Nvidia 177 driver from Intrepid repos, on
> GeForce 9500GT, installed using Hardware Drivers panel (jockey).
>
> Installed Nvidia packages are:
>  177.78-0ubuntu2  ( nvidia-settings )
>  177.80-0ubuntu2  ( nvidia-glx-177 )
>  177.80-0ubuntu2  ( nvidia-177-kernel-source )
>  177.80-0ubuntu2  ( nvidia-177-modaliases )
>
> ProblemType: Crash
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nvidia-settings
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: nvidia-settings 177.78-0ubuntu2
> ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
> ProcCmdline: nvidia-settings
> ProcEnviron:
>
>  PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
>  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>  SHELL=/bin/bash
> Signal: 11
> SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
> StacktraceTop:
>  ?? ()
>  ?? ()
>  ?? ()
>  g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID ()
>  g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
> Title: nvidia-settings crashed with SIGSEGV in
> g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID()
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
> UserGroups:
>

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nvidia-settings crashes when user clicks Save To X Configuration File
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