Switching video cards : "HowTo" ??

[david]

On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 15:21, Thomas Beckett wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:07:00 +0000, david <nux at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 14:39, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > > Is there a "HowTo" that explains all the steps that one needs to do to
> > > switch video cards ?
> > >
> > > I currently have an ATI Rage 128 in the AGP slot, but I think it causes
> > > me many problems, will give 3D on some games but not the ones I want to
> > > play, also suspect it causes my cursor problems (keeps going all black),
> > > and also regular hard locks or X restarting every other weeks after
> > > several days running non stop without problems.
> > >
> > > My motherboard has a built-in video chip which is completely different
> > > (Nforce NVidia Geforce 2), so I am thinking, maybe it will solve some or
> > > all of the problems mentionned above.
> > >
> > > But I bet if I just unplug the ATI card, Ubuntu might detect the Nvidia
> > > chip, but will 'X' reconfigure itself automagically before starting
> > > GDM/Gnome ?
> > >
> > > So, I think a "HowTo switch video adapter" would be a nice addition to
> > > the Wiki....
> > >
> > > Vince
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > I've only seen an ATI working with 3d once on Linux and it was awful to
> > behold.
> > Nvidia cards on the other hand are delightful under Linux.
> > 
> > Switch off, remove ati card, power up and choose "failsafe terminal"
> > and then it's
> > sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> > OK your way through it all ,just give it the amount of video RAM and
> > highest screen res when asked for it.
> > 
> > then
> > sudo vi /etc/modules
> > add the line "nvidia" (without "") to the end of the file
> > then
> > sudo vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and change
> > "nv" to "nvidia"
> > then
> > reboot
> > 
> > there is a sudo nvidia-glx enable command but I've never used it so
> > won't quote it in case I get it wrong.
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> 
> you will also need to need to install the nvidia-glx and
> linux-restricted packages BEFORE rebooting.  Alternatively - whn you
> have installed thise packages, after you have added nvidia to
> /etc/modules you dont need to reboot - just manually load the module
> with
> sudo modprobe nvidia
> this will load the driver and you can then start X with
> sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start
> either way - makes no odds - just make suer you install the nvidia-glx
> packages before you want to use the accelerated nvidia driver. Also
> installing nvidia-settings afterwards will give you a nice control
> program to set nvidia settings once you are back in X. for more info
> see the nvidia binary driver howto
> 
> Tom

aw man
I can't believe I forgot to include the bit about downloading the
appropriate modules.

Hangs head in disbelief!

David