From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RTH38-0001Zv-Ob for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:55:58 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7445221C045; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:55:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qy0-f181.google.com (mail-qy0-f181.google.com [209.85.216.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5994021C02D for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:55:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyc1 with SMTP id 1so1831894qyc.40 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:54:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=N0WTGnAhBTSDso/BCkl/k+LDoyn6WehBhULoQN/0ouQ=; b=bJtPcpiyVe48I/d/7z7x3vD3c5gFlpYMq2LZTnKO6c0KM04t0wuJUVaY5cWcJrpixq gS/dbFd7D+7AkmZJ9J1sM/XJTYrzxbHtYtI3ALW0aEkhpoLPXumGCAHokQctXYBc8zCB pRa5x3kkcaeDoTIvtY5moThK4dyDQhGy4AoE8= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.124.9 with SMTP id me9mr8765789obb.1.1322070899768; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:54:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.113.10 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:54:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20111123172123.GA2819@solfire> References: <20111123172123.GA2819@solfire> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:54:59 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Before locking out myself... From: Mark Knecht To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 75485c95-20ef-4abc-b3e1-b4a6b1a05a0f X-Archives-Hash: 3f0bcaf27e082b7ebaf3256177d2dc25 On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:21 AM, wrote: > Hi, > > Before I lock out myself from my Linux system... > > Current state: VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 430] (rev a1) > which I want to exchange with a MSI 560 Ti made also by msi. > > I am using the nvidia-drivers... > > Is it right, that is simple to pull out the old card and insert the > new one or do I badly forget anything ? > > Thank you very much in advance for your help! > > Best regards, > mcc I'm assuming the MSI 560 is a new Nvidia based VGA, correct? It's almost certainly OK to just switch cards. However if you want to be safe then check the Nvidia site for the right nvidia package to handle 560-based cards and make sure you have it emerged before you switch. HTH, Mark