Reconfigure after changing Video Card

[Ronald Artos]

On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 8:38 AM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> On 07/30/2010 06:55 PM, 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??
> >
> >
>
> Most likely because you still have the nVida/Compiz/CCM packages still
> installed. Open Synaptic and search for nvidia and do a 'complete
> remove' of those installed packages.
>
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So that's the best way then, it's what I did before, so I guess my procedure
is the most standard way to deal this thing then.

thanks..
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