Linked by Adam S on Tue 1st Jan 2008 17:05 UTC
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Member since:2005-09-02
I don't know why X.org doesn't scan lspci and then load drivers for the cards it find there but only if it detects that the hardware actually has changed.
Probably because lspci is Linux-specific, and doesn't work anywhere else (I can't remember if it works under GNU, but I seem to remember GNU Mach having support).
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2007-10-26
I did the ATI->NVIDIA switch recently too. It stuffs up Linux something bad.
I don't know why X.org doesn't scan lspci and then load drivers for the cards it find there but only if it detects that the hardware actually has changed. There are two conflicting things here. One is that autodetection overwrites most peoples settings but then again if those settings are wrong it doesn't matter. The system needs to be a better judge on which of the settings need to be changed and when.
Ubuntu supposedly has this safe-mode that activates the third time X.org fails to load but you cannot reliably change your video settings from there it stuffs up the X.org file. You can however load your desktop from that point.
It would be nice if X.org could become more dynamic and switch video systems without needing to be reloaded. I'm sure someone is working on all this stuff.