Fresh install of Karmic using the 195 driver also repeats the earlier symptom of not being able to save the xorg.conf file. Running gksudo /usr/bin/nvidia-settings lists a few lines that may help:
/etc/X11$ gksudo nvidia-settings Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit.py", line 75, in <module> operation_status = main(options) File "/usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit.py", line 51, in main exit_code = conf.backupAndWriteXorgConf([options.backup_filename, options.filename]) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 68, in __call__ return self._proxy_method(*args, **keywords) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/proxies.py", line 140, in __call__ **keywords) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/connection.py", line 620, in call_blocking message, timeout) dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 649, in _message_cb (candidate_method, parent_method) = _method_lookup(self, method_name, interface_name) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/dbus/service.py", line 244, in _method_lookup raise UnknownMethodException('%s is not a valid method of interface %s' % (method_name, dbus_interface)) UnknownMethodException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: Unknown method: backupAndWriteXorgConf is not a valid method of interface com.ubuntu.ScreenResolution.Mechanism ERROR: Unable to open X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for writing. -- When trying to save new X configuration, I get an error message: Failed to parse existing x config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/477309 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