| Stephen Gran on 14 Jan 2009 04:09:08 -0800 |
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 11:43:18PM -0500, Eric said: > What is the scenario for Ubuntu 8.10? (Since there is no "device > manager", no "generic SVGA driver", no runlevel 3, and no Sax2) mv /etx/X11/xorg.conf /etx/X11/xorg.conf.$(date +%Y%m%d%H%m%S) (make sure you don't have an old XF86Config or something lying around) halt switch cards, boot machine Relax and enjoy your new card. Modern xorg can figure out a basic configuration for you on it's own and doesn't need an xorg.conf unless you want to do something interesting like multihead or preallocate an oversize screen (for, eg, hotplugging external monitors). If the new card you're plugging in needs a proprietary driver to work, you'll of course have to install that at some point in the above procedure, but if it's a standard card supported by free drivers, you should be set. Cheers, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | filibuster, n.: Throwing your wait | | steve@lobefin.net | around. | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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