Re: [PLUG] Changing the video card in an Ubuntu workstation

[Matthew Rosewarne <mrosewarne@inoutbox.com>]

On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Eric wrote:
> If it were windows the scenario would be:
>     Open the device manager and switch to a generic SVGA driver
>     shutdown
>     replace card
>     boot the system
>     Install the new driver
>     WORKS

A relatively recent X.org *should* be able to determine your video card from 
its PCI ID and (assuming it is installed, which it probably is) load the 
correct driver.  Naturally, if you switch to a card that only works with a 
proprietary driver that isn't installed, you won't have very much luck.

> What is the scenario for Ubuntu 8.10? (Since there is no "device
> manager", no "generic SVGA driver", no runlevel 3, and no Sax2)

There are two generic drivers: "vesa" and "vga".  VGA is limited to 640x480, 
while VESA goes up to 1024x768.  These should work with any card, and X.org 
will hopefully fall back to VESA if it can't find a real driver.

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