On 8/16/06, oldman <talbotscott@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > How to tell the system to detect a new graphic card and install the >> > respective drivers? >> >> Command: system-config-display > > Thanks, Joachim. I have just done that, but it is strange that as a > normal user, the quality of the image looks fine, but when I run a > graphical program as root, I get a bad quality image. A screenshot is > at: > > http://phhs80.googlepages.com/graphics_card.png > > Any further ideas? > I recommend you try system-config-display with the --reconfig option as this will ignore current settings and (I believe) probe your card for all new values. Let me know if this works as I hope to get a new video card today.
Thanks a lot, Scott. Your idea works fine, and I have now no problem regarding graphics card. Even the reported problem with Thunderbird has disappeared. Paul
