Re: Video card change on working system

2003-02-10 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 10:23:37PM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 21:24, Mike M wrote: > > Single user mode should be good enough to configure xf86. All that > needs to be done is dpkg-reconfigure in single user mode. Then tell it > to boot to the next runlevel and XF86 shoul

Re: Video card change on working system

2003-02-08 Thread Scott Henson
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 21:24, Mike M wrote: Single user mode should be good enough to configure xf86. All that needs to be done is dpkg-reconfigure in single user mode. Then tell it to boot to the next runlevel and XF86 should come up and everything. If it doesnt it should drop you to a console

Re: Video card change on working system

2003-02-08 Thread Russell
Mike M wrote: I am going to change my video card to another brand on a working Debian 3.0 system. The monitor will not be changing. Is there a published procedure for doing this somewhere? Something like this? 1. backup stuff 2. disable kdm 2. power down and change video card 3. power up 4.

Video card change on working system

2003-02-08 Thread Mike M
I am going to change my video card to another brand on a working Debian 3.0 system. The monitor will not be changing. Is there a published procedure for doing this somewhere? Something like this? 1. backup stuff 2. disable kdm 2. power down and change video card 3. power up 4. as root, run on