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How To Set Nvidia Overscan To Persistent After Reboot?

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 4091 / 3 Years ago, tue, may 4, 2021, 5:22:27

Stats of what I'm running:

TV: HP MediaSmart TV 47" / OS: Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit / Video Card: Nvidia GeForce GT 220 / Video Driver: Nvidia 260.19.06

When I first setup Ubuntu on this computer, after rebooting, the display resolution did not save. I eventually fixed this by manually changing the display to the correct resolution in the xorg.conf file. But I'm still unable to make the overscan setting persist after a reboot. I've tried adding nvidia-settings -l to my autostart, but this does nothing. I've also run the Nvidia Settings app with sudo and saved the changes, but this hasn't fixed the issue either. I also noticed that there is a .nvidia-settings-rc file in my home directory that stores settings and there is a field HTPC64:0.0/OverscanCompensation[DFP-1]=115 which IS correct, but this file and/or settings related to it don't seem to be saving because I still have to manually adjust the overscan in the Nvidia Settings after a reboot. What else can I do to resolve this?

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answered 3 Years ago amacal · Accepted Answer

I hope this isn't too late. I ran across your question as I was having the same issue.
Open the nvidia-settings program. Set the overscan and various other goodies to your liking, then on the "nvidia-settings configuration" option in the left hand combo box, click on "Save Current Configuration" leave the default as ~/.nvidia-settings-rc.

Then open your ~/.xinitrc file, and add nvidia-settings -l to any line before the exec ... line or if/case structure containing it that points to your display manager of choice.

If you're unsure, somewhere near the top should suffice.