I just freshly installed Intrepid on my desktop and had the same error, even after updating to the latest kernel and packages.
I followed the instructions from Eric Julien ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/nvidia-settings/+bug/286424/comments/10 ) and it works now.
I just freshly installed Intrepid on my desktop and had the same error, even after updating to the latest kernel and packages.
I followed the instructions from Eric Julien ( https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ intrepid/ +source/ nvidia- settings/ +bug/286424/ comments/ 10 ) and it works now.