Not able to change "Visual Effects" in "Appearance"

[zoonzox]

Binary package hint: xorg

My "Visual Effects" was set to "Normal" when i was using Ubuntu 9.10. When i upgraded to the beta 2 version of Ubuntu 10.04, it switched back to "None." When i try to change it back to "Normal" or "Extra" it asks me if i want to keep these display settings, i confirm, but nothing changes and "None" is re-selected.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.31-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 14 18:26:05 2010
DkmsStatus:
 nvidia-173, 173.14.22, 2.6.32-19-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-173, 173.14.22, 2.6.32-21-generic, i686: installed
 nvidia-173, 173.14.22, 2.6.32-20-generic, i686: installed
GdmLog:
 Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log'] failed with exit code 1: sudo: 3 incorrect password attempts
  try again.
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Lsusb:
 Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1058:1100 Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Compaq Presario F700 Notebook PC
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=04ed4878-90b3-472b-b9f8-c21c33a8238c ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
dmi.bios.date: 04/25/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.08
dmi.board.name: 30EA
dmi.board.vendor: Quanta
dmi.board.version: 86.09
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Quanta
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.08:bd04/25/2008:svnHewlett-Packard:pnCompaqPresarioF700NotebookPC:pvrRev1:rvnQuanta:rn30EA:rvr86.09:cvnQuanta:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Compaq Presario F700 Notebook PC
dmi.product.version: Rev 1
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 codename: lucid
 architecture: i686
 kernel: 2.6.32-21-generic

[Robert Hooker (sarvatt)]

Is this still an issue? The GUI was saying it failed even if activation worked (it does require a reboot to enable effects anyway after activation) but that problem should be fixed by now. I am closing this as fix released, but if it is not fixed please change the status back and sorry for the trouble!

[zoonzox (zoonzox)]

Yup, after making sure my computer was as updated as possible, i tried it again with the same outcome; even after restart.

[David Tombs (dgtombs)]

I just reported a possible dupe at bug 586949, but the symptoms are slightly different.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for nvidia-graphics-drivers (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]