Kam Leo wrote: > On 6/4/07, Christopher Mocock <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Barry Yu wrote: >> > FC6 - Every time I changed from a video card to a different one I >> always >> > got problem mainly the X server won't start, when removed xorg.conf >> > filel and restartx sometimes it will auto detect the new card but not >> > every time. >> > What is the the proper procedure to switch to a new video card? >> > Especially the new one is a dual head ATI X1300 chip. >> > What is the difference between X -config and system-config-display >> >> I switched from an ATI card to an Nvidia last week on FC6 and it worked >> fine. Xorg detected the change and switched to the non-accelerated nv >> driver. I then went to Nvidia's site, grabbed the driver, had to mess >> around with xorg.conf for a while to get acceleration working properly, >> but all in all it only took about 45 minutes. >> >> I can understand your wariness though, I've had big problems in the >> past, but I think Xorg is a lot more intelligent at defaulting to a >> sensible config these days. Still, Benjamin Lewis' advice is worth >> taking. >> >> Chris. > > If you know that you are going to change the card download the driver > software before you make the change. After the hardware change boot to > runlevel 3, install the drivers, and run "system-config-display > --reconfig". > You might want to hold off upgrading to F7 if your using a X1300, as the open source driver doesn't support it and ATI's drivers don't yet support F7. Man I hate closed source drivers. -- Benjamin Lewis Fedora Ambassador ben.lewis@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://benl.co.uk./ PGP Key: 0x647E480C "In cases of major discrepancy, it is always reality that got it wrong" -- RFC 1118
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