I'm running Linux Mint Maya (what is that... 13? It's the LTS )
My old configuration failed to load (expected). So, it was off to
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nvidia-settings
"You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver" Huh.
So, I googled that, and the only answer I get is to do this song-and-dance:
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sudo nvidia-xconfig
Next, I need to restart X server. Uh...this does not go smoothly. Apparently I should use:
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sudo service mdm stop
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sudo service mdm start
So, there's not a simple, "now restart X, so you're using the real xorg.conf and not whatever failsafe Mint is rolling back to...or whatever is going on."
If I could get past that part, I might be able to get nvidia-settings to recognize that I'm using the driver, I want to use the driver, and please let me configure my displays to use the driver.
Additionally, hoping to shortcut this process, I have uninstalled and reinstalled nvidia-current, as well as the whole xserver. Still...just the same stuff going on. 640x480 desktops are unusable. I'm posting from the Win7 side. Very frustrating experience. I hate almost everything about dealing with video cards in Linux.