Re: how to reconfigure X after video card change [SOLVED]
On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 21:19 -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?
>
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The "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" command was indeed what I was
looking for, and it worked. (And yes, I did back up my X config file
first).
Thanks guys.
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