Had the same problem. Even after first running gkksudo nvidia-settings. it couldn't write to xorg.conf . Installed the binary install file form nvidias website which compiled and worked around the issue.
-- OK, the envy thing gets it back to where it was in 8.10, one big desktop across two screens. I don't know that it will survive a reboot because I can't save the configuration. Of course, Ubuntu can run for months without rebooting. There is a button to save it, but it won't let you unless you are root, and to become root you have to call the thing from a terminal with the gksudo (whatever it is called) command and I don't know what it is called. "NVIDIA X Server Settings" is the title bar, but I doubt that is really it. If I try that I just get this: p...@pete-desktop:~$ gksudo NVIDIA X Server Settings p...@pete-desktop:~$ It asks for the password in between, but the NVIDIA X Server Settings doesn't open. The xorg.conf does not reflect what is really running: Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" DefaultDepth 24 EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Disable "dri2" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Default Device" Driver "nvidia" EndSection It should have all kinds of stuff in it about the dual screens, twinview, xinerama and all that. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/384034 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-settings in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ 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
