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
-- 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
