installing a new video card

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Brian Craft Wrote: 
> What can I expect if I swap the video card? Is ubuntu going to choke
> trying to start X, or will it discover the new card and try to
> configure
> it? Is there a configurator that I will have to invoke manually in
> console mode?
> 
> On a related note, how is X started on ubuntu? Is it tied to run level
> 5, as it is on RedHat? I didn't see a mechanism to start it in
> inittab.
> It looks like there's some boot-time mechanism in
> /etc/init.d/xfree86-common.
> 
> 
> b.c.
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Just a few days ago I installed an nVidia FX-5500-based display adapter
to overcome some limitations of my on-board video (Intel 865).  When I
powered up, I got the symptoms that Doubletwist mentioned - X tried to
start 2-3 times, then gave me an error.  I logged in in text mode,
apt-installed the appropriate driver, rebooted, got the X failure
again, logged in and ran -dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86- , rebooted
one more time and all was well.  (The multiple reboots should not be
necessary - I just find it easier than various obscure -modprobe-
commands.)

I will point out that I had done my "homework" - i.e. I had identified
the required driver, printed the install/config procedure, etc. -
before installing the new adapter.  Worked much better than flying
blind...


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