I think the non-existent primary display (VGA-0) is still causing troubles. I suspect once that is fixed things will work properly, so you should file a bug for that one.
Also the settings you applied when in a gnome-shell user session, won't apply for gdm. I occasionally see that flickering on my second monitor, this is also possibly a bug in the Nvidia driver. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1288572 Title: Nvidia driver does not work in Ubuntu GNOME trusty "14.04" (Optimus laptop) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-shell/+bug/1288572/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs