[plug] Profiles - removeable hdd to be used with different nic and video?

Cameron Patrick cp at chem.com.au
Sat May 11 14:53:43 WST 2002


G'day people,

> 
> I doubt a similar approach would work for X, but a quick hack could
> detect the hardware on boot (maybe by grepping /proc/modules for the
> network card, or grepping dmesg for machine specific details) and
> copy in an appropriate XF86Config file for the machine, before X
> starts.
> 

If both cards are supported by XF86_SVGA, it should automatically detect
and use the appropriate driver if you don't specify any graphics card in
the XF86Config file.

Alternatively, SuperProbe or lspci will tell you what graphics
card is installed independently of network card drivers.

CP.



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