nvidia-settings closes when pressing 'Apply' button, but changes aren't applied
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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nvidia-settings (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
1. I recently did a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bits) on my machine, which has an Nvidia GeForce 6200 graphics card. When I try to change the screen resolution, changes are not being applied and nvidia-settings is closing when I press the 'Apply' button.
2. I run nvidia-settings in a terminal, and I got the following error message after pressing the 'Apply' button (see the attached file):
The program 'nvidia-settings' received an X Window System error.
This probably reflects a bug in the program.
The error was 'BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)'.
(Details: serial 528 error_code 2 request_code 158 minor_code 25)
(Note to programmers: normally, X errors are reported asynchronously;
that is, you will receive the error a while after causing it.
To debug your program, run it with the --sync command line
option to change this behavior. You can then get a meaningful
backtrace from your debugger if you break on the gdk_x_error() function.)
3. This seems to be a duplicate of Bug #1273652.
4. I contacted Nvidia custom care support, and they suggested me to try the latest driver version (304.123). Unfortunately, when I checked "nvidia-
If you help me to install version 304.123 on my system, I'll give Nvidia Linux maintainers all the feedback they are requesting from me, and I'll be in a better condition to colaborate with you to solve this issue (installation instructions provided by Nvidia website are hard for me to follow). Feel free to e-mail me if you think I can help in any way.
5. You can find additional information about similar issues in the following links:
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6. System settings:
OS version: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64 bits)
Nvidia driver version: 304.117
nvidia-settings version: 331.20-0ubuntu8
P.S: apparently, this is not the first time a bug like this affects nvidia-settings on Ubuntu. If you read the comments at the second and third links in point 5 (above), there is people who solved the issue after they installed an nvidia-settings package which version number matches the driver one (or vice-versa).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: nvidia-settings 331.20-0ubuntu8
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Nov 1 14:33:26 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-01 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=es_CL:es
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_
LANG=es_CL.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
1) I have installed driver 304.123 from Nvidia following the instructions provided at
http:// askubuntu. com/questions/ 451221/ ubuntu- 14-04-install- nvidia- driver
2) I got the following error message:
The distribution- provided pre-install script failed! Continue installation anyway?
I chose 'Yes' and the installation process continued and finished, apparently, successfully.
3) I sent the log file (same file I attach here) to Nvidia Customer Care support team, and I'm waiting for their feedback now.
4) I was able to change my screen resolution (run gksudo nvidia-settings, because changing my screen resolution requires root privileges), so 304.123 seems to solve the issue. If Nvidia technicians confirm that everything is ok, I think 304.123 should be made available for Trusty, so any user who need it could install it with the 'Additional Drivers' wizard.
It's all for now.