[Novalug] Changing video driver

Dan Arico dan_arico at aricosystems.com
Fri Jan 11 23:32:20 EST 2008


On Friday 11 January 2008 23:04, Jay Hart wrote:
> OS: OpenSuse 10.3 beta 2
>
> Current Driver: radeon
>
> End Driver (where I want to be): nvidia
>
> I figure I need to change to the "vga" or "vesa" driver as an intermediate
> step while changinf from an ATI based card, to the nvidia card.
>
> When I try to change the driver to one of these options by editing the
> xorg.conf file, both bomb. Issues range from out of rnage of H and H modes,
> to no display depth for selected driver.
>
> When I go into Sax, there is not option for me to change drivers and test.
>
> So, how should I approach this issue?
>
> TIA,

If I recall correctly, the last time I did something like that, I changed the 
hardware, stuck in the installation disk and booted from it. Then I updated 
the installed system.

Dan Arico

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