*What if* On bootup, we check to see if the video card has changed since the last session, if it has we prompt "press y within the next 10 seconds to reconfigure your video card or enter to continue" If you press y then after bootup/init process completes it takes you into a framebuffered "configuration" session just like during install.
Is this something that could be built into harddrake? I seem to recall kudzu or some other prog doing this when there was a hardware change once upon a time (but I haven't run anything like that since MDK 7.0 or so, I might be mistaken) If anyone thinks this is a good idea I'd love to help out (although I'm more of a networking guy than a coder) Ryan On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 23:24, George Mitchell wrote: > Combelles, Christophe (MED, ALTEN) wrote: > > > What if one change its graphic card ?? > > > > Is this problem solved in any way ? > > > > Are we put in front of a command line, or is there a minimum Xfree > > configuration that allows to modify graphically the X configuration ? > > > > > > Same question for the mouse. > > > > > > > Not really a question for this list, but I think I can make a few > suggestions. > > 1) You could use Mandrake Control Center to change your card to a > simple VGA or FrameBuffer driver which should work (ALWAYS TEST IT > FIRST!) with your current card. Then verify that Control Center has > actually made the change for you (it has failed on me twice with 9.0). > Then change to the new card assured that the new driver will not fry > it. Then install the correct driver with Control Center or, in > emergency, go back to the old card. > > 2) Or you could simply change the card and then go to Failsafe and then > to maintenance and then log in as root in text mode and run XFdrake and > change the card setting with that (REMEMBER TO TEST!), then back to text > and 'shutdown -r now' to reboot and done. > > Actually it will be a wonderful day when Mandrake detects dangerous > video card and monitor discrepencies on bootup and prompts for a > configuration change. We ARE getting there, it all takes time, and > there is too little of that to go around. > > - George Mitchell > > >
