Changing Video Card drivers

DanTaylor · 02-03-2006, 12:14 AM

I installed the wrong video card drivers when I installed my system, how do I change them to something else? I did a search on the manpages and didn't come up with anything.

tw001_tw · 02-03-2006, 12:23 AM

Since your distro is unknown, which it may have its own method,
the 'standard' way is to run
xorgconfig
from the command line.

OR just manually edit your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
Change the line:

Code:

Section "Device"

    #VideoRam    262144
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
    Identifier     "videocard1"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

(of course yours might not say "nvidia")
to
Driver "Proper_driver"
Here is a small list of drivers:
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/X11R6.8....RELNOTES3.html

good luck
-tw

DanTaylor · 02-03-2006, 12:38 PM

Thanks for the help.