Switching video cards : "HowTo" ??

Vincent Trouilliez vincent.trouilliez at wanadoo.fr
Wed Jan 12 16:08:40 UTC 2005


> sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> OK your way through it all ,just give it the amount of video RAM 

Okay, did that...

> and highest screen res when asked for it.

Oops... it didn't ask me for any resolution.. :-/

> then
> sudo vi /etc/modules
> add the line "nvidia" (without "") to the end of the file

Done.

> then sudo vi /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and change
> "nv" to "nvidia"

Oops again... the file has NOT been updated. And if I delete my old one
(ATI card), and run the config tool again, no config file is
created... :o(((


Vince






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