[newbie] switching video cads (what do i need to do?)
Hi, I just swapped my incompatible ATI 8500 for a more compatible GeForce4 on recommendation of the list. Is there any prepping I need to do to my system before I switch cards? Can I just swap out the cards first and then install the drivers? Or do I need to edit inittab to start are runlevel 3, switch cards, and install nvidia drivers, then switch back to runlevel 5? - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] switching video cads (what do i need to do?)
Just yank the card, replace it, then after a successful powerup, install the nVidia drivers! November 3rd 2002 ____ / \ /| |'-. .\__/ || | | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | / \__.`=._) (_ |/ ._/ || |'. `\ | | ;/ / | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| ' `-`' !! !s.m.kuhn! ! kuhn media australia - kma.0catch.com ! !! ! Mashed potatoes can be your friend. ! !! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:newbie-owner;linux-mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rodriguez Sent: Wednesday, 6 November 2002 10:05 AM To: newbie Subject: [newbie] switching video cads (what do i need to do?) Hi, I just swapped my incompatible ATI 8500 for a more compatible GeForce4 on recommendation of the list. Is there any prepping I need to do to my system before I switch cards? Can I just swap out the cards first and then install the drivers? Or do I need to edit inittab to start are runlevel 3, switch cards, and install nvidia drivers, then switch back to runlevel 5? - Paul Rodriguez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] switching video cads (what do i need to do?)
Paul Rodriguez wrote: Hi, I just swapped my incompatible ATI 8500 for a more compatible GeForce4 on recommendation of the list. Is there any prepping I need to do to my system before I switch cards? Can I just swap out the cards first and then install the drivers? Or do I need to edit inittab to start are runlevel 3, switch cards, and install nvidia drivers, then switch back to runlevel 5? Harddrake/kudzu will detect your new card and install the XFree86 drivers (worked for me when upgrading from a Trident to a GeForce). Then you can install nVidia's drivers and edit your XF86Config-4 file as per the README. Alternatively, install the nVidia drivers before changing cards, edit the config file and save it to something like XF86config-4.new. Then change cards, boot into runlevel 3, mv your old config file to something like XF86Config-4.panic (don't use .old as that's the default file for old versions and can be overwritten) and finally mv your new file into position. Cross fingers and startx. Sir Robin -- A free man ought not to learn anything under duress. Compulsory physical exercise does no harm to the body, but compulsory learning never sticks in the mind. - Plato Robin Turner IDMYO, Bilkent University Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
