That worked for me too! Thanks Oranges! On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:27 AM, jraborg <jrab...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Review post 80 > "oranges wrote on 2009-10-22: #80 > Greetings, just wanted to let you guys know, I solved this problem by > doing: > > a) sudo nvidia-xconfig <- it should detect the missing "default > display/screen" entry and create a new file for you to write in. > > then do... > > b) sudo nvidia-settings and do the usual thing to save your settings. > > That's all I did - it worked. > > Oranges" > > -----Original Message----- > From: boun...@canonical.com [mailto:boun...@canonical.com] On Behalf Of > Fabian A. Scherschel > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:45 AM > To: jrab...@gmail.com > Subject: [Bug 286424] Re: nvidia-settings crashes when user clicks Save To > X Configuration File > > I've been following this bug for quite a while and it is pretty clear > that this is *NOT* a permissions problem. I've always run nvidia- > settings with gksudo / sudo and the problem was always there. So please > don't mark as fixed because of permissions. > > I have not tested this with the latest Karmic update but the program did > crash when run with root privileges on a then-uptodate Karmic as late as > last week. > > -- > nvidia-settings crashes when user clicks Save To X Configuration File > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286424 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “nvidia-settings” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in “nvidia-settings” source package in Intrepid: Confirmed > > 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: > > -- > nvidia-settings crashes when user clicks Save To X Configuration File > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286424 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “nvidia-settings” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in “nvidia-settings” source package in Intrepid: Confirmed > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nvidia-settings > > ***PLEASE*** > Do not comment on this bug unless you are actively working on it, and/or > unless you've read *all* comments and have determined that your information > is genuinely new and useful. > > In order for a developer to take the time to actually fix this bug, we all > need to take care to keep the bug report comments focused and > solution-oriented. Click "Does this bug affect you?" if you merely want to > add to the record that you are affected by this problem. > > Workarounds are known (comment #80, comment #64). > ***Thank you*** > > 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: > > > -- James N. Barnes Senior Loan Officer SWBC Mortgage 9600 Great Hills Trail Suite 145E Austin, TX 78759 512-531-1800 Office 512-553-6496 Cell www.AustinsBestLender.com www.twitter.com/jamesnbarnes -- nvidia-settings crashes when user clicks Save To X Configuration File https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/286424 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
