I can confirm the same behaviour on my laptop. I changed the permissions to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (sudo chmod 666 /etc/X11/xorg.conf) and tried again but still not able to save the setting changes. I WAS able to save the changes when starting nvidia settings as root (sudo nvidia-settings).
This looks like a bug affecting the GUI that prompts for you to enter your user password to elevate your priveleges to root - I just don't know what that program is to report a bug for it..... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1012851 Title: Nvidia settings doesn't save monitor config To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/1012851/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
