The official version of nvidia-settings-304 in the precise-updates repository points to version 331. So if you have precise-updates enabled, even if you try to install the 304 version, it will install 331 by default. One needs to manually select an older version to get around this bug.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to nvidia-settings in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1214508 Title: nvidia-settings >=319 segfaults on close Status in pixbuf library for gtk+: New Status in “nvidia-settings” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After installation of the latest updates of the nvidia proprietary blob from 310.14 to 319.32 nvidia-settings crashes when pressing the quit button. dmesg shows this: [ 95.183668] nvidia-settings[2292]: segfault at 7f650be5c8a0 ip 00007f650be5c8a6 sp 00007fff69e6f5b8 error 7 in libpixbufloader-xpm.so[7f650be58000+6000] and this: [ 459.549845] nvidia-settings[3534]: segfault at 7f88dba4c8a0 ip 00007f88dba4c8a6 sp 00007ffff61e6b98 error 7 in libpixbufloader- xpm.so[7f88dba48000+6000] Crash reports are caught by apport and sent (I hope) to Canonical ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nvidia-settings-experimental-310 319.32-0ubuntu0.0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-39.60~precise1-generic 3.5.7.17 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-39-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Aug 20 20:48:24 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nvidia-settings-319-updates UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gdk-pixbuf/+bug/1214508/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp