Re: how to reconfigure X after video card change
On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 09:19:00PM -0500, Default User wrote:
> Running i586 Debian stable, I just took out an ATI Rage video card (pci)
> and replaced it with a no name SiS (agp) video card. Now the system
> starts up, but won't load GDM, instead terminating with an error message
> and asking if I want to see the details.
>
> The new video card seems okay, since I can boot right into X on the
> current Knoppix okay.
>
> How do I configure the Sarge system to use the new card (I really don't
> want to reinstall from scratch . . .) ?
>
> IIRC, isn't there a reconfigure shell command that can be run from
> console mode that allows manual setup of monitor, video card, keyboard,
> mouse, etc?
On sarge, look in /etc/X11/XF86Config to see what tool was used to
generate it. I have a wierd setup so I needed to run xf86config-v3 so I
can't advise you there.
Likely its just dpkg-reconfigure of whatever package it is that's
supposed to manage that file.
In any event, please do not reinstall from scratch. This _is_ Debian.
Doug.
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