Comment 12 for bug 280532

exactly the same bug here:

Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10
Linux 2.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Wed Oct 22 00:29:18 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
nVidia driver 173.14.12
nVidia Geforce 5200
Acer TFT + Fujitsu/Siemens TFT
Version: nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildd@rothera) Mon Oct 13 14:53:48 UTC 2008
Package: nvidia-settings 177.78-0ubuntu2

when trying to write xorg.conf from nvidia-settings:

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Wed Oct 22 23:02:34 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nvidia-settings
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: nvidia-settings
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
...
Signal: 11
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
UserGroups: root
...
Package: nvidia-settings 177.78-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: nvidia-settings
...
Title: nvidia-settings crashed with SIGSEGV in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID()

This crash happens ..
.. in all three modes (Clone, Twin, Separate-X -Mode)
.. independent of user (as user and as root)