Nvidia drivers seem to ignore customized xorg.conf in 13.10? How to configure?

Question

I just upgraded from 13.04 to 13.10 and now I'm having a problem with the nvidia X server settings: the changes I make don't stay saved after I restart the X server.

I checked the xorg.conf (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and it's ok but I think it's not being used. Did they move the xorg.conf file?

Solution

The xserver.configfile for Ubuntu 13.10 is located at /etc/X11/xorg.conf . You can change the Nvidia settings by using the nvidia-settings application from the default Ubuntu repositories. nvidia-settings is a graphical application for changing the Nvidia settings. To launch nvidia-settings search for nvidia in the Dash and click on the green icon that says NVIDIA X Server Settings.

Comments

[Cornelius]

It could be that lightdm is overriding you setting. See this answer askubuntu.com/a/424533/248874

[Cornelius]

sorry. deleted my comment.

[netiul]

I'm having the same problem as seiki. @karel, saving to /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't solve it, because after reboot the wrong settings are applied again. So it looks they changed the location or xorg.conf

[karel]

@netiul Two suggestions: 1) in the terminal type man xorg.conf and you'll find the path to xorg.conf in the top of the xorg.conf manual page under the DESCRIPTION heading. 2) Are you using the nano editor to edit your xorg.conf file? Using sudo gedit to edit a file that is owned by root can cause real problems with other graphical apps.

[karel]

I think this answer by Oli may help. Also read the question that the answer is for. Oli says if you've got both the Intel integrated graphics and the Nvidia discrete graphics, then you have to install the Bumblebee package first.

[netiul]

And btw, I've only one xorg.conf on my system and that's the one in /etc/X11/. I also deleted xorg.conf and created a new one with NVIDIA tool in case there was something wrong with file. Still no louck. Very strange!