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How can I get nvidia-settings to work?

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http://askubuntu.com – I have an ASUS N56VM-TB71 with a GeForce 630M graphics card. I have 12.04 and when I VGA plugged in a Dell monitor, I am able to use it. When I then use my laptop's HDMI port to plug in my second monitor, nothing happens, so I went to nvidia-settings and I got the error: You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X Driver. Please run nvidia-xconfig as root and restart the X server. I ran this command nvidia-xconfig and rebooted but I still cannot access nvidia-settings and I keep getting that error even though my /etc/X11/xconf.org is the one that got generated by running that command. Wh (HowTos)

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Submitted by funckax on 09/16/2012

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I removed all packages associated with NVIDIA from Synaptic Package Manager and installed nvidia-current. When I click NVIDIA-Settings, gives an error like this:

You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Please edit your X configuration file (just run `nvidia-xconfig` as root), and restart the X server.

Please help me, I need your helps.

Hello there.

I've had this same problem for ages. Maybe someone can help...

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