Re: Replacing my on-board graphics card.


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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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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