Switching video cards : "HowTo" ??

[Daniel Stone]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 10:52:11AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 08:47:59PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 12:57:26AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > With current Hoary, it's simpler, right?  This definitely deserves a short
> > > how-to, though.
> > 
> > ... no.  But the variable name changed.
> 
> It should be simpler.  Perhaps XORG_FORCE_PROBE should ignore the md5sum
> check.  It makes a backup anyway, no?

I don't believe it makes a backup.

> > This is a lot of insanity inherited from Debian, and while some parts of it are
> > utter crap (for instance, if you delete xorg.conf, it will not get reinstated --
> > wtf?), but I like some parts.  If you change xorg.conf, your changes will be
> > respected and it will not get overwritten.  If there's a way to tell if we're
> > running through dpkg-reconfigure or just reconfiguring through an upgrade,
> > though, it might be good to stomp the config file regardless, because this is
> > basically the only question I *ever* field about xorg's debconfiscation.
> 
> dpkg-reconfigure passes "reconfigure" to the .config script, while during
> upgrades the argument is "configure".

OK, so would you be happy with always stomping the configuration file with
reconfiguring (but making a backup), and changing the default when reconfiguring
to probing, with a flag to explicitly disable it?  That's what would make the
most sense to me.  (Also, always recreating the file when it's deleted.)
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