Unable to change video card options

[jacks]

Actually the Nvidia card is installed but I'm unable to change the parameters

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-34.60-generic 3.13.11.4
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-34-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.1:

ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.3
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Sat Aug 16 09:48:03 2014
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: trusty
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
 bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-34-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-331, 331.38, 3.13.0-34-generic, x86_64: installed
GraphicsCard:
 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3035]
   Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:3035]
 NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 630] [10de:0f00] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:8a90]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-01 (106 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc7900 Convertible Minitower
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-34-generic root=UUID=6e74eef4-28b4-4c56-9794-6d5fd25dc72f ro recovery nomodeset
Renderer: Software
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 03/05/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: 786G1 v01.16
dmi.board.asset.tag: CZC9322SC2
dmi.board.name: 3032h
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC9322SC2
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786G1v01.16:bd03/05/2009:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc7900ConvertibleMinitower:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn3032h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc7900 Convertible Minitower
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11.2+14.04.20140714-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.3-0ubuntu0.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
xserver.bootTime: Fri Aug 15 21:02:46 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:

xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

[penalvch (penalvch)]

jacks, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As per http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=3785040&swLangOid=8&swEnvOid=4060 an update to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (1.26). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate does it change anything?

If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, and the information above is provided, then please mark this report Status New.

Thank you for your understanding.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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