nvidia-settings broken now when using official nvidia *.run installed driver

[VDR User]

Hi.  Up until recently nvidia-settings worked fine with official
drivers from nvidia (via their *.run installer).  An "upgrade" to
nvidia-settings broke that.  Please give this some attention at your
earliest convenience.  It makes no sense why users should be forced to
install debian nvidia driver packages (and all the junk dependencies)
when it was working fine before.  Maybe somebody can enlighten me as
to why breaking the compatibility was a good idea.

Best regards,
Derek