Two external monitors preferences lost when restarting

[Nico_argentina]

Binary package hint: xorg

lsb_release -rd: Ubuntu lucid (development branch) (beta1)

I have a Dell XPS 1530, and using nvidia 195.36.15 driver

I have my notebook connected to 2 external screens. One via VGA port, and the other via the HDMI port. When I go to nvidia-settings, i can see both monitors and enable both in TwinView. I click on "Save to X Configuration File" and everything seems to work OK.

But when I log out and then log in, these preferences are lost, the VGA monitor is the only screen visible, and I have to reconfigure it.

This was working perfectly on Karmic

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Mar 28 21:23:46 2010
DkmsStatus:
 vboxdrv, 3.1.4, 2.6.32-17-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-17-generic, x86_64: installed
 nvidia-current, 195.36.15, 2.6.32-16-generic, x86_64: installed
 vboxnetflt, 3.1.4, 2.6.32-17-generic, x86_64: installed
 vboxnetadp, 3.1.4, 2.6.32-17-generic, x86_64: installed
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1530
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-17-generic root=UUID=5d598cca-4d7a-410a-87c0-1ff11cac96a6 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
dmi.bios.date: 11/19/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A12
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.type: 8
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA12:bd11/19/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1530:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
dmi.product.name: XPS M1530
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: x86_64
 kernel: 2.6.32-17-generic

[Rex Beowulf (rexbeowulf)]

Perhaps this can be fixed by changing the properties of the Nvidia configuration tool to add the "sudo" command.

Try this:

Go to system>>preferences>>main menu and search for the Nvidia settings under Administration (or preferences, as apparently there's one there too now). Go to properties after selecting this, and change the command to "gksudo /usr/bin/nvidia-settings." This will give you a prompt to enter the root password so that you can modify Xorg.conf. Otherwise, nvidia-settings will not have permission to alter the file (unless you are logged in as "root."

I hope that helps.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported; please open a new bug report if the actual archive found version also has the same issue.