Replacing my on-board graphics card.

[Andy Jones]

Splendid - that seems to cover it.

Although, one small item for concern: there doesn't seem to be
anything in my BIOS to switch out the on-board graphics card...



On 8/22/06, azz <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
>
> Eamonn Sullivan;1408390 Wrote:
> > On 8/22/06, Andy Jones <shadowfirebird (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
>
> > > The graphics card built into my motherboard (VIA K8M800) doesn't
> > seem
>
> > > to be very Linux-friendly.
>
> > >
>
> > > If I buy a seperate graphics card, how do I install it?  Do I have
> > to
>
> > > reinstall Ubuntu?
>
> >
>
> > I haven't personally done this (but am thinking of it). I would expect
>
> > you'll just need to reconfigure the software:
>
> >
>
> > sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
>
> >
>
> > That should work.
>
> >
>
> > -Eamonn
>
> >
>
> > --
>
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>
> > ubuntu-users (AT) lists (DOT) ubuntu.com
>
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
>
>
>
> You will need to be sure that your BIOS is set to use the video card
> instead of the onboard one.
>
>
>
> Also use
>
>
>
> dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
>
>
>
> from recovery mode.  Adding the -phigh switch just does the
> autodetection again without any interaction from you.
>
>
>
> Then run
>
>
>
> init 2
>
>
>
> to get back to the desktop.
>
>
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