Replacing my on-board graphics card.

[Richard Kimber]

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:27:35 +0100
SteVe Cook <yorvik.ubunto at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> > On 8/22/06, Andy Jones <shadowfirebird at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The graphics card built into my motherboard (VIA K8M800) doesn't
> >> seem to be very Linux-friendly.
> >>
> >> If I buy a seperate graphics card, how do I install it?  Do I have
> >> to reinstall Ubuntu?
> > 
> > I haven't personally done this (but am thinking of it). I would
> > expect you'll just need to reconfigure the software:
> > 
> > sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
> > 
> > That should work.
> > 
> Along with installing the appropriate graphics drivers.

Can't you just edit xorg.conf and change the
Driver          "nv" (or whatever)
line? Or is there more to it than that?

- Richard