[PLUG] nVidia settings errors

[Dick Steffens]

On 10/18/20 11:20 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:28:52 -0700
> Dick Steffens <dick at dicksteffens.com> dijo:
>
>> I have an nVidia card in the computer in the living room with its HDMI
>> port connected to the TV. When I boot up the machine the primary
>> screen is the TV. But with the underscan issue (described some years
>> ago), it is hard to click on the controls at the top of the screen.
>> I've tried changing the default screen with nvidia-settings, but the
>> changes never take. This morning I remembered  that I'm supposed to
>> run nvidia-settings with sudo. The OS is xubuntu 18.04. I get this
>> message when I run nvidia-settings:
>>
>> <snippage>
> I can't give you details, but a couple of things might help.
>
> First, Ubuntu recently came out with updated versions of some of their
> nVidia drivers. They were in the update manager for 18.04 and, with
> great trepidation, I installed them when they first appeared.
> Thankfully, they worked.
>
> Second, you might try switching to root instead of using sudo. I don't
> fully understand why, but apparently there are some differences. To
> become root you do 'sudo su.' One thing that I learned a long time ago
> is that 'su' means 'switch user,' not 'super user.'

I always thought su was just short for sudo. When it comes to Linux, I 
often learn something new every time I try to "fix" something. I'll try 
that before trying to change to Ubuntu's version of nVidia drivers.

Thanks.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens