Cannot save nvidia-settings

[thohi]

Even under root (sudo su), when I do "Save to X configuration file" I get

Error executing /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit: Permission denied

ERROR: Unable to open X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for writing.
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[Schwarzer Kater]

If /etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't already exist: did you try to create one before opening nvidia-settings ?

[thohi]

Same thing: even when I create an empy /etc/X11/xorg.conf in the first place, I get

Error executing /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit: Permission denied
ERROR: Unable to open X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for writing.
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[thohi]

Bypass:

Do a preview in the save dialog, copy the text to the clipboard (ctrl-C), and save it manually to /etc/X11/xorg.conf (ctrl-V) using nano, kate or whatever (with sudo)

T.

[barfly]

Even under root (sudo su), when I do "Save to X configuration file" I get

Error executing /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit: Permission denied

ERROR: Unable to open X config file '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' for writing.
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Try this:

sudo chmod +x /usr/share/screen-resolution-extra/nvidia-polkit