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#1 2010-12-10 00:58:21
- umaxtu
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Swapping GPU Brands
Ok this is probably a bit of a newbie question, I'm thinking of switching from my cruddy Radeon HD 4350 to a Nvidia Geforce 9800 gt (Old, I know but I'm cheap 
) I know i'll have to uninstall the old drivers and install the nvidia ones but I'm not sure if I'll need to manually configure X.Org this time (I didn't last time but IDK if its different when you switch GPUS).
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#2 2010-12-10 01:38:49
- karol
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Re: Swapping GPU Brands
Boot into text mode so if 'startx' won't work, you can try to configure things.
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#3 2010-12-10 01:59:01
- umaxtu
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Re: Swapping GPU Brands
Like I said, I'm a newbie so uh how do I boot into text mode?
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#4 2010-12-10 07:51:11
- slytux
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Re: Swapping GPU Brands
Disable your login manager or you can switch to a virtual console with Ctrl+ALT+F1. You can usually switch back to X with Ctrl+ALT+F7 if it is working. The good news is that X does not need a config file nowadays so you can just remove the ATI driver and install the nvidia one.
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#5 2010-12-10 08:39:22
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Re: Swapping GPU Brands
We have a special subforum for newbies... Either way, you're expected to do a minimal effort and document yourself.
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#6 2010-12-10 18:12:19
- davidm
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Re: Swapping GPU Brands
Boot into text mode so if 'startx' won't work, you can try to configure things.
+1
I prefer to just boot in text mode anyway then run startx. It's no big deal to do and I think it's a great idea for newbies so they don't become helpless when X crashes.
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#7 2010-12-10 20:13:10
- Misfit138
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Re: Swapping GPU Brands
karol wrote:Boot into text mode so if 'startx' won't work, you can try to configure things.
+1
I prefer to just boot in text mode anyway then run startx. It's no big deal to do and I think it's a great idea for newbies so they don't become helpless when X crashes.
Agreed. Treat booting into runlevel 3 as default. Good practice for so many reasons.
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#8 2010-12-10 20:41:59
- umaxtu
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Re: Swapping GPU Brands
Ok thanks.
EDIT:
Sorry. Usually i'm pretty good about googling that kind of stuff.
Last edited by umaxtu (2010-12-10 21:15:12)
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