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[kit <kitrule@xxxxxxxxx>]

Now it is clear the xorg.conf is missing just one line can this be retagged
hundredpapercuts whatever so at least one developer fixes it for the final
Karmic release? Could adding that single line cause a regression?

2009/10/22 kylea <kylea@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> How old is this bug?
>
> Uhm...
>
> --
> 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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