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From: AZ Nomad on 17 Jan 2010 13:40 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:06:24 -0600, Ignoramus15099 <ignoramus15099(a)NOSPAM.15099.invalid> wrote: >On 2010-01-17, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> dennis(a)home wrote: >>> However there are compiled in options that could break a linux system if >>> they have been used by the OP. >>> Its unlikely and they probably wouldn't be asking such simple questions >>> if they had. >> >> That is part of the question, are there any compiled in options in the >> standard Ubuntu distro kernel that I will have to worry about? For >> example for the chipset. I remember from the old days of Linux that most >> drivers were compiled in, and now they are mostly run-time loaded; but >> are there still any holdovers left that are only compiled in? >There are some drivers that are not compiled in by default; those tend >to be experimental or incomplete drivers. There are few drivers that are compiled in. The vast majority are modules and not loaded unless the hardware is detected.
From: Ignoramus15099 on 17 Jan 2010 13:59 On 2010-01-17, AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote: > On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:06:24 -0600, Ignoramus15099 <ignoramus15099(a)NOSPAM.15099.invalid> wrote: >>On 2010-01-17, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> dennis(a)home wrote: >>>> However there are compiled in options that could break a linux system if >>>> they have been used by the OP. >>>> Its unlikely and they probably wouldn't be asking such simple questions >>>> if they had. >>> >>> That is part of the question, are there any compiled in options in the >>> standard Ubuntu distro kernel that I will have to worry about? For >>> example for the chipset. I remember from the old days of Linux that most >>> drivers were compiled in, and now they are mostly run-time loaded; but >>> are there still any holdovers left that are only compiled in? > >>There are some drivers that are not compiled in by default; those tend >>to be experimental or incomplete drivers. > > There are few drivers that are compiled in. The vast majority are > modules and not loaded unless the hardware is detected. Sure. But some are not even compiled as modules. i
From: Yousuf Khan on 17 Jan 2010 14:33 Steve Urbach wrote: > Ubuntu has survived the swapping out of a Nvidia 6800 for a ATI based > Graphics. > All I had to do was boot in recovery mode and run the "Fix X server" section. Alright, now we're getting some useful info. Thanks. Yousuf Khan
From: Yousuf Khan on 17 Jan 2010 14:35 J.O. Aho wrote: > Yousuf Khan wrote: >> J.O. Aho wrote: >>> I do suggest you disable the onboard AMD graphics card, the closed source >>> nVidia driver may disable features like CUDA/PhysX, but that may not >>> be an >>> issue with a 8600. >>> If you want to use the onboard graphics too, you are more or less >>> better off >>> using VESA driver (not sure the ati/radeon driver does support HD >>> 4200) for it >>> than the AMD driver, as far as I remember the AMD and nVidia closed >>> source >>> drivers don't play well together. >> >> No, I will use the discrete card for everyday usage, but I expect during >> initial setup that I'll be keeping things simple, and just use the >> onboard until things stabilize elsewhere. > > This may cause you more problems. I would advice against this. Alright, that's good to know. Just put the video card in right from the beginning. Yousuf Khan
From: Yousuf Khan on 17 Jan 2010 14:39
Ignoramus15099 wrote: > On 2010-01-17, AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote: >> On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:06:24 -0600, Ignoramus15099 <ignoramus15099(a)NOSPAM.15099.invalid> wrote: >>> On 2010-01-17, Yousuf Khan <bbbl67(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> That is part of the question, are there any compiled in options in the >>>> standard Ubuntu distro kernel that I will have to worry about? For >>>> example for the chipset. I remember from the old days of Linux that most >>>> drivers were compiled in, and now they are mostly run-time loaded; but >>>> are there still any holdovers left that are only compiled in? >>> There are some drivers that are not compiled in by default; those tend >>> to be experimental or incomplete drivers. >> There are few drivers that are compiled in. The vast majority are >> modules and not loaded unless the hardware is detected. > > Sure. But some are not even compiled as modules. When I was saying "compiled in", I meant compiled into the kernel monolithically. Anyways, what sort of driver modules are not compiled? How do they run then? Yousuf Khan |