Public bug reported:
Since focal a casual unprivileged user cannot save the current X Server
Display Configuration, no matter which location is used. I.e. even for
e.g. /tmp/xorg.conf or /home/$LOGNAME/xorg.conf the user gets asked for
the root password.
This really stupid '"AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.screen-resolution-
extra.root-display" "Authenticating as: root"' bug needs to be fixed. An
unprivileged user should be able to store the config wherever he wants
to, as long as he has write permission for the related file/directory.
** Affects: nvidia-settings (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Package changed: nvidia-settings-updates (Ubuntu) => nvidia-settings
(Ubuntu)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926845
Title:
Unable to store nvidia-settings
Status in nvidia-settings package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Since focal a casual unprivileged user cannot save the current X
Server Display Configuration, no matter which location is used. I.e.
even for e.g. /tmp/xorg.conf or /home/$LOGNAME/xorg.conf the user gets
asked for the root password.
This really stupid '"AUTHENTICATING FOR com.ubuntu.screen-resolution-
extra.root-display" "Authenticating as: root"' bug needs to be fixed.
An unprivileged user should be able to store the config wherever he
wants to, as long as he has write permission for the related
file/directory.
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