Reconfigure after changing Video Card

[Ronald Artos]

On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> On 31/07/2010 14:02, Ronald Artos wrote:
> > the Nvidia card is already busted, so I cannot deactivate it in
> > System->Administration->Hardware Drivers
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au
> > <mailto:blchupin at iinet.net.au>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 31/07/2010 11:55, Ronald Artos wrote:
> >     > I used to have an Nvidia Video Card.. but now it is broken and
> >     return
> >     > to my old built-in  "[SiS] 661/741/760 PCI/AGP or 662/761Gx", I
> >     don't
> >     > wish to reinstall everything again. But when I boot up, I always
> end
> >     > up in a video reconfiguration screen in ubuntu, so i deleted  the
> >     > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
> >     >
> >     > It works but everytime I enter System -> Preferences ->
> >     Monitors.. it
> >     > always prompts me the nvidia-config, and when I do glxinfo or
> >     > glxgears, I get errors like I haven't configured my video
> correctly.
> >     >
> >     > How can I properly reconfigure everything after a change in
> >     video card??
> >
> >
> >     Sounds like you still have the nVidia driver installed. Go-
> >
> >     System>Administration>Hardware Drivers and de-activate the nVidia
> >     driver; then see if Hardware Drivers comes up with another driver for
> >     the onboard video you have.
> >
> >     BC
> >
> >
>
> To begin.... *PLEASE*, I repeat, *please*, do not top post in this mail
> list.
>
> When you joined this list you had to read the rules which govern this
> list.  Reread them if you have to.
>
> Secondly, simply because your card is dead doesn't mean that the system
> will not load the driver for it.
>
> You do remember that you are using a c-o-m-p-u-t-e-r... you know, one of
> those thingies which only works by being told what to do by means of a
> *p-r-o-g-r-a-m* which is why there are people trained to be
> p-r-o-g-r-a-m-m-e-r-s.
>
> Now, if you come back and tell me that you went into Hardware Drivers
> menu and found that there is no nVidia driver active then I'll send you
> a bunch of flowers in repentance.
>
> BC
>
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Sorry If I replied on top of the post, It's a default in gmail and haven't
fully read the details in this mailing list.

I know how c-o-m-p-u-t-e-r works and how the kernel loads drivers for each
hardware and i know how to remove modules or compile them from source code
if ever. The only REASON I came to this mailing list is to gather advice or
what is the commonly used procedure when you change video card and that
linux is keeps on loading things for the previous one.

I can reconfigure xorg, and even manually remove nvidia drivers from
apt/synaptic. But I am still getting performance issue when I do my routine,
that's why I ask help/suggestion in this mailing list.

Again sorry for posting replies on top of the post..
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