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  1. Bug #864784
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Comment 8 for bug 864784

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Shanekpiper (shanekpiper) wrote : Re: Enableing second monitor causes crash.

I have an Nvida 9600 GT with dual monitor setup. I have found that if I $ sudo nvidia-settings after 2 or 3 attempts it does what I am asking but I get the following errors in terminal:
shane@Aspire-8930:~$ sudo nvidia-settings
[sudo] password for shane:

WARNING: Unable to find CorePointer in X configuration; attempting to add new CorePointer section.
WARNING: The CorePointer device was not specified explicitly in the layout; using the first mouse device.
WARNING: Unable to find CoreKeyboard in X configuration; attempting to add new CoreKeyboard section.
WARNING: The CoreKeyboard device was not specified explicitly in the layout; using the first keyboard device.
WARNING: Unable to find CorePointer in X configuration; attempting to add new CorePointer section.
WARNING: The CorePointer device was not specified explicitly in the layout; using the first mouse device.
WARNING: Unable to find CoreKeyboard in X configuration; attempting to add new CoreKeyboard section.
WARNING: The CoreKeyboard device was not specified explicitly in the layout; using the first keyboard device.
python: can't open file '/usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
ERROR: Unable to open X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for writing.

Why is this not working, It would be nice to just plug in a monitor/projector auto detect and apply settings without having to do this everytime.

PS running Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha release 1