Tim-163 wrote: > > > Chances that are that just about any video card will support run level > 3. There are some that don't work well, but they're few and far > between. > > You won't need to reboot, after booting up in run level 3 and editing > xorg.conf. Simply change up to run level 5 (telinit 5), and see if X > starts without any user configuration. > > If you need to fiddle around, and the system doesn't crash while you're > fiddling. You can CTRL ALT F1 (or F2, or F3, etc.) to get back to a > text screen, telinit 3 to go back down to run level 3, fiddle around > with xorg, telinit 5 again... Rinse, lather, repeat. > > Yes indeed - I had not thought of that - but in any event I also have to switch the XP end so rebooting will be needed at some point anyway - but yes once it is working I can switch between runlevel 3 and 5 as you say and diddle in between- I will see how it goes once I have the card and play with the new hardware... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Adding-a-new-graphics-card-and-Fedora-10--tp22494434p22527813.html Sent from the Fedora List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
