Can you also run
ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
If there's not already a file called 20-nvidia.conf in there, then download the attached, and:
tar -xzf 20-nvidia.conf.tar.gz
sudo cp 20-nvidia.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/.
At that point, in theory, you should be able to put your cables back computer...