On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 09:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a video card that appears to have gone out. It's a Radeon 8500 LE w/
> 128mb. I'm going to get a new one but want to find out if I will have problems
> booting if I put in a different brand or different version (7000 or 9000, for
> example).
>
> Thanks for your input,
>
> Phil
Phil,
Worst case scenario... it can't boot to X and falls back to a text
screen. No problem here.
As root
# telinit 3
That gets you to the right run level so X doesn't retry a start in the
middle of things.
# drakxconf
This is the tool that will let you reconfigure X (and other things
too.) once tested and good.
# telinit 5
and you will be back into X just like normal.
Best case scenario. When it boots you will get a funny looking screen
and need to use Mandrake control center to get back to a normal looking
/ working screen.
I anticipate scenario 1 being what you will encounter, either way you
won't need to re-install.
James
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