nvidia-settings writes xorg.conf but doesn't load settings

Question

I made my changes on nvidia-settings and also writed the changes to xorg.conf (yes, I checked the file).

After rebooting the settings are only applied after I open nvidia-settings agains, any way I can fix this? Right now I'm running this bs at startup: timeout 1 nvidia-settings

Happens with all available drivers (nouveau, current/experimental). The original --load-config-only that was on startup doesn't work.

Answer 1

nvidia-settings seems still to be unsolved. it is not working here either.

if you need full screen for nvidia - then here is my answer:

xrander problem with 1900x1080p

I tried with this to solve nvidia-settings-frickle too, - but it did not help here. You can test if this helps at your machine ?!

Answer 2

I'm in the same problem and came with a half (or quarter of a...) solution.

Simply issue in the terminal these commands:

$ nvidia-settings & sleep 2 && killall -v nvidia-settings

or for more convenience, you could place this on the desktop in a executable bash script:

#! /bin/bash

nvidia-settings & sleep 2 && killall -v nvidia-settings

I didn't got luck issuing this script on Startup preferences nor in .profile file on user home folder. If I use this script on .profile, desktop environment loading waits for the whole script execution (when using something like

#! /bin/bash

sleep 15
nvidia-settings & sleep 2 && killall -v nvidia-settings

...) and when it finishes, seems like that the right settings in .nvidia-settings-rc are overriden by something else

But in the meantime I have a quick way to apply my color correction.

Regards,

Answer 3

I've got the same problem. Don't know the answer for sure. I think it has something to do with loading the .nvidia-settings-rc file when you log in. That is just my guess.

This link might help also: http://eric.biven.us/2008/02/16/ubuntu-and-nvidia-settings-how-to-make-those-settings-reapply-themselves-next-time/

Cheers!