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Re: [Bug 477309] Re: When trying to save new X configuration, I get an error message: Failed to parse existing x config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

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From: hugo_laffez <lars.lydersen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:20:36 -0000
Reply-to: Bug 477309 <477309@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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It is not correct, of course I know that I have to run as root, 
otherwise the program cannot write xorg.conf. I did however find a 
solution. Its not nvidia-settings, but rather the xorg.conf shipped with 
karmic. I had to delete and regenerate xorg.conf. Afterwards it worked fine.

On 2010-02-21 11:05, Delan Azabani wrote:
> It's because you aren't running nvidia-settings as root; I get the
> problem only when running as myself, when root the problem doesn't
> appear. Run gksudo nvidia-settings
>
>

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When trying to save new X configuration, I get an error message: Failed to parse existing x config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
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[Bug 477309] [NEW] When trying to save new X configuration, I get an error message: Failed to parse existing x config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
From: Henning_Vejlen, 2009-11-07
[Bug 477309] Re: When trying to save new X configuration, I get an error message: Failed to parse existing x config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
From: Delan Azabani, 2010-02-21