FWIW - I've always used EnvyNG to configure ati and nvidia graphics cards - it's the only way I've managed to get them to work properly!
Hugh 2009/3/19 John Carlyle-Clarke <j...@wormdrive.net>: > Terry Coles wrote: >> I decided that a new (more) 'soopa-doopa' graphics card would be in order to >> replace my low-end nVidia card. Naively perhaps, I thought that (K)Ubuntu's >> hardware detection would deal with the change. It didn't. >> >> The new card is an ATI X1650 Pro and is clearly working because the startup >> screens all work. However, when KDM is started it doesn't. I can get into a >> virtual console so something is working on the graphics side, but I can't get >> into the desktop. >> >> I had a look in xorg.conf and it is still set to the nVidia driver, hence the >> lack of life. See below: >> >> Section "Device" >> Identifier "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]" >> Boardname "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)" >> Busid "PCI:1:0:0" >> Driver "nvidia" >> Screen 0 >> Vendorname "NVIDIA" >> EndSection >> >> Obviously, I could hack xorg.conf but is there a 'proper' way? Should >> hardware detection have worked? Ideally, I'd like the system to >> automatically >> generate the new xorg.conf file since Kubuntu has always done a good job >> before. If not, where can I find out the proper settings for xorg.conf? Is >> it sufficient to just change the Driver name and fix the rest later? If not, >> how much do I need to change? >> >> > Hi Terry- > > As others have said, Xorg will now often work with no configuration file > but if this process fails then you may need to configure the server > yourself. > > sudo Xorg -configure > > ... will do the autodetection process and create a stub file for you. > > You should use this file as a starting point for any edits. > > I suggest also that you include here or pastebin a /var/log/Xorg.0.log > or similar in case there are useful message in there, as well as the > stub file generated above. > > All the best, > > John > > > > > -- > Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ irc://irc.blitzed.org:6667/dorset > List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-04-01 20:00 > -- Dorset LUG: http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ irc://irc.blitzed.org:6667/dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2009-04-01 20:00
