nvidia-settings 173.14.09-1ubuntu3 (amd64 binary) in ubuntu intrepid

 The nvidia-settings utility is a tool for configuring the NVIDIA
 Linux graphics driver. It operates by communicating with the NVIDIA
 X driver, querying and updating state as appropriate. This
 communication is done with the NV-CONTROL X extension.
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 Values such as brightness and gamma, XVideo attributes, temperature,
 and OpenGL settings can be queried and configured via nvidia-settings.