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Question: Change video driver...

Forum: Tour of the Linux kernel source
Keywords: X-windows video driver
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 03:08:35 GMT
From: Juan Carrion <deadmeat@mindspring.com>

Ok, so you can tell I'm a real beginner with Linux.  I had an accident when I was upgrading my motherboard. I dropped the video card which was a Trident 8900D.  So I had to buy a new video card, some halfway decent off brand (Alliance ProMotion 24bit true color everything...) and I tried to start X windows but I get a mess when the server comes up.  How without having to re-install my linux package can I change the driver to use  X windows.   Any help is greatly appreciated..