Re: [Bug 477309] Re: When trying to save new X configuration, I get an error message: Failed to parse existing x config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

2010-02-22 Thread sciencequeen
YES!! OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! I don't know how to buy you a beer, but in my heart, it's out there, to you!! Stephanie On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:25 PM, hugo_laffez wrote: > The way to fix it: > *sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf # Removes xorg.conf* > *sudo nvidia-xconfig # Generates new o

Re: [Bug 477309] Re: When trying to save new X configuration, I get an error message: Failed to parse existing x config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'

2010-02-21 Thread sciencequeen
I tried running it under root and I still got the same problem. On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 2:05 AM, Delan Azabani wrote: > It's because you aren't running nvidia-settings as root; I get the > problem only when running as myself, when root the problem doesn't > appear. Run gksudo nvidia-settings > >