Running into the same problem: Ubuntu 19.04 NVIDIA Driver 440.33.01
Output: (Please note that not even writing the conf to my HOME directory works. I've also retried with sudo. Same results.) ------ ➜ nvidia-settings (nvidia-settings:19553): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 10:04:11.973: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed WARNING: Unable to parse X.Org version string. Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'xorg-server' found Error accessing /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit: No such file or directory ERROR: Unable to open X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for writing. WARNING: Unable to parse X.Org version string. Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable No package 'xorg-server' found Error accessing /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit: No such file or directory ERROR: Unable to open X config file '/home/ig/test.conf' for writing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1822937 Title: NVIDIA settings won't write to /etc/xorg To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/1822937/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs