problem saving Xorg.conf file

[Matthew A Coulliette]

Florian,

Thanks very much, that worked perfectly. - MatthewMPP

Florian Diesch wrote:
> Matthew A Coulliette <matthewdistro at cox.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> Here is the problem: I can not save my changes to the /etc/X11/Xorg.conf
>> file.
>>
>> I switched to root at the command line and then ran nvidia-settings and
>> it responded with the error messages listed below:
>>
>> root at drpheo:/home/tonydu# nvidia-settings
>>
>> ERROR: Invalid display device CRT-0 specified on line 46 of
>> configuration file
>>        '/root/.nvidia-settings-rc' (the currently enabled display
>> devices are
>>        DFP-0 on drpheo:0.0).
>>
>> ERROR: Invalid display device CRT-0 specified on line 47 of
>> configuration file
>>        '/root/.nvidia-settings-rc' (the currently enabled display
>> devices are
>>        DFP-0 on drpheo:0.0).
>>
>> ERROR: The attribute 'XVideoSyncToDisplay' specified on line 50 of
>>        configuration file '/root/.nvidia-settings-rc' cannot be assigned the
>>        value of CRT-0 (the currently enabled display devices are DFP-0 on
>>        drpheo:0.0).
>>
>> VALIDATION ERROR:  Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
>> Undefined Device "(null)" referenced by Screen "Default Screen".
>>
>> I tried to continue configuring the displays using the "NVIDIA X Server
>> Settings" - gui.  I made changes using the gui and then clicked "Save to
>> X Configuration File".  It responded with this error message: "Failed to
>> parse existing X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'!".
>>     
>
> Remove the files /root/.nvidia-settings-rc and /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> (keep a copy for backup) and try again.
>
>
>
>    Florian
>